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[quote=Anonymous]The general consensus seems to be that the OP applicant has a decent chance of getting into HYP but, because there are so many other applicants with more or less the same credentials, as well as other strong applicants with different credentials/qualities/backgrounds, there is a greater chance that the OP applicant will not get into HYP.

That may be depressing, but there's also a silver lining.  Four years from now, most highly selective employers, professional schools and graduate programs will look far beyond HYP.  If you look at Harvard Law, to take one example, you'll see that the majority of applicants from HYP are rejected.  HYP are more heavily represented at Harvard Law than other colleges, but the majority of the Harvard Law class comes from colleges other than HYP.  The same phenomenon occurs with just about every highly selective post-college opportunity, from management consulting to grad school to medical school.  So if you're really smart and don't get into HYP when you're a high school senior, don't worry that much, since nothing will hold you back.  Whether you end up at a less selective Ivy, a state university, or a less selective liberal arts college, you'll still have plenty of chances to succeed.  And the people who got into HYP over you may not end up any better off than they would have if you had been able to switch places with them.[/quote]

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