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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of schools that don’t offer AP classes or exams and still send lots of kids to top 10 colleges.[/quote]

This.

We've been told by several AOs that they look at APs in the context of your school's offering only. Moreover, that once a candidate crosses an academic threshold, which varies by school, they move on to the intangibles which matter far more in the end of who gets in or not (and yes, that includes hooks). As one put it, I've never pushed a kid in decision discussions because of scores, and it's never served as the tiebreak, either. The rigor of the school and transcript matters far more. Once you make it past the threshold, I've moved on to the real substance of the application.[/quote]

And some kids won’t make it over that threshold and will still be admitted. Hooked kids, mainly recruited athletes. The process is incredibly screwed up.

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I don’t see why it’s “screwed up” for different kids who are good at different things to attend the same school. Most workplaces have different employees with different strengths filling different roles, and I’ve never heard anyone say that the whole idea of division of labor is “screwed up.”[/quote]

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