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[quote=Anonymous]One more….hooks like legacy or other institutional priority can be “Velcro” and prevent a WL:

“In the school reading, when I would look at a group of, say, a dozen or even 50 applicants from the same high school, the counselor would understand that some kids with lower academic ratings were going to get in because they were being recruited for something, or they met an institutional priority.
There's no counselor that's going to argue that, even though it hurts those higher achieving kids, but who don't have, like we used to call it the velcro, to keep them in the pool when reductions had to be made. Those applications didn't stick. They would be very often on the waiting list because it was an affirmative read, an affirmative evaluation, but the acceptance decision didn't stick once we had to reduce the numbers and so we would come in on target.”

From Your College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews: How Can My Student Stand Out in a Competitive Admission Pool, Apr 1, 2026
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