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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to figure out where the lottery line/actual chance actually is for a T20.

1500, 3.85/4.6, 12 AP?[/quote]

Except for a few schools (like McGill in Canada which is numbers only) it's not a scientific equation. It's holistic. If someone has top stats but their teacher recs make them sound self-absorbed or not empathetic, some schools won't admit. They really are looking for consistency across essays/teacher and counselor recs/interviews if applicable/videos if applicable. They aren't just looking for high grades, high SAT, top rigor. A lot of those people without hooks or without an especially appealing personality/character as demonstrated by letters/essays/activities makes it to the final rounds but ultimately gets cut.

As parents, I know we are all trying to make sense and find patterns to predict what is a very subjective grading process without patterns. We have to accept that we just can't know what is going to happen and that's ok.

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