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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say the responses from many posters on this thread are bizarre and indicative of either poor reading comprehension and/or plain old mean-spiritedness.

That said, my oldest graduated 2 years ago from a Big 3 with similar stats and was accepted EA at a USNWR top 5; then applied RD to two other schools, a top 10 USNWR university and a top 5 USNWR LAC.  DC chose the third option and is very happy.

No hooks, but tipping factors for DC were:

courseload included most rigorous STEM courses offered by DC's school with A's in those courses;

upward trend in GPA after 9th grade;

excellent recommendations (as in, teachers offered to write DC's recommendations and college counselor told us they were among the best in the class);

excellent essay (again, per counselor and per admissions officer at 1 of the schools admitted);

[b]national prize winner in STEM competition; 
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not a lot of ECs, but a three-season athlete and team captain (though not a recruited athlete);

community service in a particular area with hours well beyond the school requirement;

DC is personable and interviews well; also made an effort to seek out regional admissions rep at events here in DMV;

plain old good luck.

Oh, just want to add that Naviance is pretty inconclusive -- and thus, useless -- for smaller schools.

HTH.  Good luck, OP.  [/quote]

That made the difference.[/quote]

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