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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For Walls, you really, really need to understand that there is a massive amount of luck involved, even if your kid wildly exceeds the baseline stuff.[/quote]

That is what parents say with no accountability.  My child is not even in Walls and I am fairly confident they are in the running because they have a massive extracurricular load in addition to the standard 4.0.  This discussion is the same for college admissions.  It is kind of interesting that the answers to the test are available but people don't want to see it.  Develop well rounded humans and the process will recognize them.  Focus on metrics and validation of their mental superiority and the process will not.[/quote]
Ugh, I hope for their sake that your kid gets into Walls, and then into whatever elite college you’re so sure they’ll get into without a decent SAT score.

The fact is that some of the most well-rounded kids I know got in to Walls — and some of the most well-rounded kids I know were rejected. The admissions process at Walls is a jury-rigged, fly-by-night operation compared to admissions at an elite college. That inevitably introduces a lot of randomness into the process. [/quote]

This,  kids with EC and top grades did not get in.  There is no transparency and rhyme or reason. It’s totally random and luck.  
You have no control over it, no matter now great an applicant your kid is.

Don’t rely on it and make sure you have other options or even better, of better options, move on.[/quote]

This is true but some people here want to believe that their precious darling is more important and better than other kids and that is why they got in 🙏🏼 #braggingrights[/quote]

I would believe that its random. But I also know a couple families where all their kids get in to Walls (and the kids are very smart and wonderful).[/quote]

If you flip a coin twice, sometimes it will come up heads both times. Sometimes even three times in a row or more. [/quote]

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