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[quote=Anonymous]We just went through this last year with my son. Public school - mid 1500s on SAT, had decent ECs but no leadership roles. Excellent grades, most rigorous classes offered. FCPS doesn't do class rank but we suspect he was likely in the top 5 in his class.

He was very disappointed with his college acceptances.  He got into some very good mid-tier schools which he thought were his safeties. He got into one T20 school for which he is a legacy (and where he will be going) and got waitlisted at his other T20 target schools and outright rejected from every Ivy he applied to.

From what we gathered, many of the top schools are looking at everything - grades, ECs, leadership, essay and especially that "extra something" like students who are starting non-profits and making a difference in their communities, creating apps, doing research for scientific orgs, etc.

The number of kids doing this "above and beyond" stuff is really starting to increase and makes the competition much stiffer and goes well beyond grades. It's almost as if high GPA and high SATs are a given for the most competitive universities.[/quote]

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