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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instagram doesn't tell much. Maybe the kid going to Georgetown really, really wanted to go to a top 20 liberal arts college but settled on Georgetown because that's there they got in.  Maybe they got in because that's where their parent works.

Maybe the kid going overseas really wanted to stay somewhere domestically but didn't get in.

Maybe the kid going to a small liberal arts college really wanted a large state school but didn't get in.

There can be a huge disconnect between the final result which may look good to an outside observer and what the kid really wanted.

(These above scenarios are all made up). [/quote]

I mean sure, but it does give you a general sense of what percentage go to top 25, top 50, etc., which is better than the drivel given on these boards.[/quote]

It's not better because as many many people have noted on these boards - the T25 is heavily filled by students with hooks.  There are many unhooked kids with higher rigor and grades who also have strong "full package" or ECs and recommendations who land outside of T25. This is a reality - instagram will not tell you this.  A student like this will not be "happy" that they got into a T40 school - but they will be perfectly fine in the long run.[/quote]

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