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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was surprised at how much weight essays and EC's played in the process. Did anyone have any huge surprises in admits or rejects so far? [/quote] How do you know essays and ECs played an unusually important role? Did people in admissions offices tell you this? [/quote] Just anecdotal - for example my kid got into a top 20 schools with grades and scores in the bottom quarter. She has no hooks - so the only thing that makes sense is would be the importance of essays and EC's. [/quote] Yes, that coupled with potential major (easier to get into Non-STEm/non-competitive major as it's simply a numbers game)[/quote] That is very true! But for anyone thinking of trying to get into a school with an "easier" major, just know that it may backfire. Once your child gets in, it will be not be easy to change majors into one of the difficult ones (i.e. usually like engineering or comp sci). [/quote]
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