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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Not ADD: While others may have been better students because they were neurotypical, that doesn't mean they are smarter. If a school only wants neurotypical students, then they can keep accepting 4.7 kids with 1700 SAT scores.

2. Cheating: My child spent four hours on a project when others spent 15 minutes cheating. So there's another reason. Some of the so-called "better students" are cheating.

3. Rich AF: Some of the "better students" are merely rich. Jared Kushner. George Bush (C Student at Yale) Do you think Ivanka Trump (Penn) could have been a "better student"? LOL!

4. Zero Support for College: My parents knew zilch about applying to schools and didn't help me at all. With zero support and an undiagnosed learning disability, I got decent grades, placed into gifted classes, and accepted into a state flagship.

I'm surprised you couldn't think of the reasons yourself, OP. 
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I don't even know where to start with this. Just no. [/quote]

Just went through the process twice and this all checks out.  The rockstar student who has so many great leadership roles? He “earned votes” by promising to bring alcohol to all the competitions. The talented art student with a perfect gpa? Her mom did a lot of her art projects, their city connections got her shows, and her parents’ money bought her tutoring to  ensure all As and full pay to college helped get her in.  There are kids who don’t do this, of course, but they too are hurt by the number of kids and parents willing to win at all costs.

They get away with it because most schools (especially privates) don’t want to ruin relationships and the kid’s future.  They also want the big names for their matriculation list. 
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Maybe in private high schools, this might be true.  I have not seen this behavior in public.  I think in public, it takes millions (plural) to get your otherwise mediocre athlete into HYPS. [/quote]

It definitely happens in public. You are deluding yourself. [/quote]

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