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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are two parents.

Parent A sent their child to the most rigorous and best regarded private school.

Parent B sent their child to the local public with 5/10 rating.

Both kids take the most rigorous classes. Both get As.  But Parent A’s kid has to work very hard, even has to get tutoring in some areas.  Parent B’s kid gets As effortlessly, he spends very little time studying.

Parent A’s kid does math team and a varsity sport, competitions and tournaments. They volunteer on regular basis.

Parent B’s kid does school band and spends his free time on video games. In the summer they work a little at a fast food restaurant to make money for video games.

Both kids have the same amount of APs.

Both kids have the same ACT score of 34. But kid A had to slave to prep for it while the kid B just walked in and got it without any prep.

Kid A will doubtfully be on very top of his class because the peers are overachievers and the competition is tough.

Kid B will most likely be on top of his class because it’s a low performing school and his grades are exceptional.

The questions are:
1) Who will get admitted to a selective college, and
2) Why was parent A so stupid to invest so much money and time to get into the right school, find the right tutors, coaches, ACT prep, etc.[/quote]
1) Likely kid A, not just because of the school (they both have As after all)  but because of the varsity sport, competitions, math team, and tournaments.
2) If the tutoring and coaches were necessary for the 34, then it's not stupid - after all, not everyone is as smart as student A, being able to walk in and get a 34.

This is assuming both are in the same general region.

Regardless, this is kind of a weird question - folks on the math team/competitions often do not have to slave aware for a 34, and pretty much never need to slave for a score equal to that of the average "easy high school A student" (which is quite a bit less than 34.)

Also, UChicago will choose student A over B 100%, so there's that.[/quote]

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