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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grades and SAT matter the most
you really don't need a bunch of extra-curriculars - but it does help to have one you are really good at and (hate to use this word) - [i]passionate[/i]! about.
I do think the admissons people can spot the phony packaged applicant a mile away. Started a charity - if that worked then word would get out and next year half the applicant class would claim this accompplishment.   
This young lady just didn't bring enough to the table. What? Nobody told her college admissions are extremely competitive these days. Wher the **** has she been?[/quote]

Agree. Grades (3.9 unweighted) and SAT (2200+) are a sort of threshold at top univerisities. Maybe 3.8 and 2100 with some really special hooks. But with a decent GPA and SATs, you make the first cut. Then you need to distinguish yourself from the remaining 10,000 kids in the applications pile by your extra curriculars and the dreaded passion. Her problem was not affirmative action, despite what she says. Her problem was that she might not have made the first cut and, if she did squeak through, she didn't bring enough to the table to stand out from all the others with similar stats.
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