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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, that test score isn't really materially different than a kid with, say, a 1560. It's basically a lottery at those schools. [/quote]

The problem is these schools are full of applicants with amazing ECs and over the top GPAs.  A test score of 1560 certainly has an advantage over a test score of 1490.  It's not like the one having 1560 has worse ECs or grades, they all have them. [/quote]

The 1490 with solid rigor and great ECs is going to have a better time in admissions over the 1560 without the compelling ECs. That's college admissions in America today. To its benefit. 
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That's a weird comparison.  Why are you comparing this pair?  
Almost all 1560 kids i know all have extraordinary ECs, great leaders at school and in community, national awards, full of emphathy.  In reality, I seldomly see 1490 kids get to the level of ECs comparable to 1580.  One or two exceptions maybe. [/quote]

This is not the case at our private. Maybe in STEM, but not in the humanities. Once you get to 1500, the humanities kids know to spend all that time being different and pointy. Adroit etc. National Poet blah blah. 
It matters.

The STEM kids just all look the same and end up at Michigan or Cal. With much higher stats tbh.[/quote]

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