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You want to understand this: “ The tiny differences in EC's and essays and what those might be are the variables people are trying to understand.”

But at the end of the day, that’s not what that Reddit post was getting at. The Reddit post was about kids who generally have top stats and get in nowhere. Or get into very very few schools. That’s not your kid. You came here to insert yourself, but your kid was not screwed/overlooked because they didn’t get into MIT or Stanford. And instead got into Harvard and Yale and Northwestern and Penn - or wherever.

The former admissions officer’s point was that certain kids don’t try hard enough to convey a fit between them and the T20 institution, assuming that their stats will carry the day. There’s definitely a difference in quality, passion, and eagerness you can sense in some kids’ T20essays.

If you’re trying to figure out the little variables for each school your kid is applying to, that’s a lengthy research-based process that involves talking to their admissions reps, people who have been in the AO committee room, reading their mission statements, their strategic plans, and ultimately knowing what their specific priorities are for that specific year.

While at the extreme, it’s entirely possible that in any given year, a kid who was admitted in 2025 may not have been admitted to the same T10 institution in 2024 with the same application. There are different guiding principles determined each year by the dean of admissions.[/quote]

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