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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They care about scores, grades and the essay in that order.

Also it's still not a lottery, PP.[/quote]

They also care about race and gender.  I doubt they care much about the essay.  [/quote]

They don’t get any info about race. It is 100 per cent race blind.

You can don’t ask you want that they don’t care about the essay but they only get relevant grades for that year and the past two MAP scores (only the relevant ones). When faced with multiple kids with similar MAP scores and similar grades in the one two subjects they get the grades for, then HOW ELSE do they differentiate then through the essay?!

It’s clearly posters lacking in critical thinking that claim that the selection committees “don’t care” about the essays![/quote]

You're not reading carefully. It matters less. It matters less than scores and grades. [/quote]

Yes I am reading carefully and I’d suggest you are not. For a child with all As and very strong but not exceptional MAP scores (a description that most likely fits 95 percent of those applying — frankly if it doesn’t you shouldn’t bother) then the essay is very important. The essay is only unimportant if you have no chance or you are a shoo-in.[/quote]

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