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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand what you mean by rigged.  An example from our private school on someone admitted to a non-HYP ivy.

Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo) 
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F.  County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.

Also, 3rd Generation Legacy

Is it rigged because this kid got in?  Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.

A lot of legacy kids are like this.  Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats.  Double Legacy.  Lacrosse all-state.  Top Math student in HS.  1430 SAT; 4.0UW.

Where does your kid compete with these kids?[/quote

Seriously? [b]An unhooked kid with those SAT’s would never be accepted to an Ivy. And 1430 at HYP[/b]?? You are proving OP’s point.

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What is "unhooked"?  Some random kid with a 1580 who sits in her dorm all day doing advanced math, but doesn't contribute socially to the school?  Have you ever considered that social and athletic kids are the "unhooked" kids?  They are more likely to be succesful in life, they have better value to the institution.  Jody Foster did a lot for Yale.  Eric Robinson, who just won the stanley cup, did a lot for Princeton (the school was mentioned probably 20 times on national TV during the playoffs).

And the math robots are the "hooked" kids?  Who is talking about them?  Some manager at Google?[/quote]

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