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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know where connected/legacy/big donors’ kids go. How about academic superstars who are unconnected and full pay with top teachers’ recs? This is a kid loved by teachers in the toughest most advanced subjects, asked to be TA where 95% of classes don’t have a student TA, who has 3.9 GPA where no one gets a 4.0. Otherwise unconnected, no sport, not URM, nothing special ECs (head of robotics club, part-time job type stuff). We know it won’t be Ivies, Stanford, MIT, but where? School sends at least 20% to top 10 schools each year, 50% to top 25; we imagine they are mostly legacy. [/quote]

Sounds like stem (robotics)? If so, that will make it harder - but aim for an ED to a Northwestern/JHU/Brown/Cornell level school. 
ED2 UChicago or top SLAC?

Apply where others aren’t. 
Highlight that part-time job if long term.
Assume some volunteering? If not, do something robotic/volunteering with peers/younger kids this summer (good for essays too).
Outside hobbies/interests?[/quote]

Not planning to apply to Engineering. Most likely will major in chemistry or biochemistry or applied math with an English minor (a great writer)[/quote]

Depending on where your private high feeds, Penn and Duke are the best fit for this kid.  JHU is another option, being very strong in English and Bio.[/quote]

Thanks. I thought Penn and Duke are for future wall streets/ captain of industries type kids? For this reason we’re not focused on HYPMS; she genuinely has a love for science, research, writing but is not the kind of kids with plan to conquer the world, become a partner at Goldman Sachs or launch an IPO. She wants to solve problems with science but doesn’t care about getting rich [/quote]

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