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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like so many straight A students who were chief school newspaper editor, captain of a varsity sports team, volunteering, and more who can't even get to VA Tech. I don't know what people who get into schools like Michigan or the Ivy Leagues are doing in high school. [/quote]

My daughter's friend who got into Yale was an Asian male with a very high wGPA who won Science Olympiad competitions and is an advanced string player.

Straight A doesn't mean anything, OP, you should know this. There is a world's difference between an A in a regular classs and an A in an AP class. Kids who get into the top colleges have 10+ APs, have a national level EC, etc. Your newpaper editing and team captainship worked a generation ago, but not today. [/quote]

I would argue making it onto a varsity sports teams or school newspaper, especially in NOVA, is just as hard as winning STEM competitions. Keep in mind less than 20% of high school kids even make it onto a JV team. [/quote]

Like it or not, universities are mostly about academics. The US is unreasonable about its love of youth sports, but even American admissions officers know that STEM matters more than athletics. Even as they reserve a number of spots, quite unfairly, for student athletes. I loof forward to the day when sports don't weigh anything at all in admissions.

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