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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IDK, maybe he didn't take his apps seriously. [/quote]
That seems relative.

It could be that his essay was lackluster. Maybe his recs were not good?

IMO, college admissions does appear to be a crapshoot.

My DC is a CS major at UMD and knows someone with amazing stats and background, and they also got rejected to those schools, as did DC, and DC doesn't have that kind of high caliber background like this student or OP's example though their stats are higher than OP's example.   So DC now doesn't feel as bad for being rejected at those schools knowing how such high stats with great background students also got rejected to those schools.

Oh well, that just means UMD will get stronger and stronger.  Go Terps![/quote]

My kid knew a kid (UMC White) from school with a 1600 and many accomplishments that was rejected everywhere the kid applied (all top 30) except 1 place.  Perplexed everyone until the kid admitted that they "phoned in" the apps...just churning each one out in an hour with little thought...because the kid thought the 1600 and various ECs would do the trick.[/quote]

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