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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- the child also has great extracurriculars. Followed their passions even though they didn't go toward activities that have competitions and thus the lack of national level awards. But on the whole I'd say top 2 percent at a rigorous public school, max AP classes, all 5's and 1 4 on 9 AP'a through junior year.

But it is so unclear on how this will all shake out. [/quote]

These are really great stats.  Your kid will definitely get accepted into a good school.  Just be prepared for the unexpected. As I stated, when you apply to schools that receive 50,000 - 60,000 plus applications with acceptance rates below 14% everyone has really good stats.  My advice is to spread the application net wide and there will definitely be some unexpected wins and losses.  Enjoy the ride! I'm glad we are done.[/quote]

Agree with all this. For every kid like OR's who got multiple T10 acceptances with "nothing special" going on, we know 3 who had far worse results than expected give their stats + ECs. Some applications just hit with AOs - maybe something in the LORs, maybe clever packaging, maybe the kid just seems really nice...who knows? No one ever really knows. (PS every parent thinks their kid wrote the best essays ever and cried when they read them :-)[/quote]

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