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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gymnastics captain
AND Lead Cheerleader 
AND Math team captain 
AND Debate co-captain 
AND Faculty award for top student in HS

In at two of HYP[/quote]

I would have classified these as meh. School activities + captain of a school club + an award that is already evident from the transcript/sch profile…

My guess is there was more (like a feeder school).[/quote]

DP. Nah. People have bought into this idea that you have to have cured cancer to get into these schools. It’s just not true; I know multiple “average excellent” kids who have gotten into schools that everyone assumes require a hook or exceptional accomplishment.

Everyone wants to be able to explain why their kid didn’t get in. The truth is, your kid didn’t get in because there are tons of kids with great stats and great activities, and schools can choose only so many, and they have their reasons for choosing the kids they do. There’s not some magic formula or type of activity that turns the dial.[/quote]

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