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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid at our school got into UPenn RD. 1200 SAT scores and 3s and 4s on APs (although probably test optional, since this was the last year Penn allowed that). Straight As but avoided many of the hardest classes offered at school, not close to highest rigor. Very mid-level ECs. White girl, no hooks. The only minor "hook" we can think of is that she's an artsy humanities major, which they maybe don't get a lot of due to how pre-professional Penn is. She got uniformly rejected by other top tier, mid tier, and low-mid tier schools. She is really unexcited about going to Penn but committed due to lack of other options. Were Penn admissions strange this year?[/quote]

Why would a kid like this even bother applying to an Ivy? A 1200? 3s on AP tests? Makes no sense. [/quote]

This 1000%!  They don't seem like they would fit in or enjoy the experience.

I have a 1200 kid, 3.5UW and they would have been miserable at a school like that.  They landed in the 80-100 range and did quite well.  But anything more pressure than that and they would have been misearble
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