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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This forum may not be the best place to ask this in general but the HYPS crowd would the the right audience. Does anyone have a kid who "undershot" college? The highest of stats, incredible resume and really the ideal candidate, but who decided not to even apply for the ultra elite? Visited 3 ivys + stanford but DC isn't in to it. People are surprised. I see it as DC's choice but I do wonder if there will be regret one day.[/quote]

In my experience parents are delusional and don’t realize their rockstar kid is literally a dime a dozen globally. In short, it’s unlikely anyone’s non-hooked kid can get in. Really, no unhooked kids should be gunning for HYPS; waste of time.[/quote]

+1. Parents really don't get that there are 100,000+ seniors every year with 4.0 gpa, 95+ percentile SAT, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, captain of teams, president of clubs on their app.[/quote]

NMSF is the top .5% of SAT scorers.  There are about 1.5 million kids who take the SAT, so that's about 15,000 kids.  I'm sure the list of kids who match all your criteria is significantly shorter than that.
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I wasn't being "hyper-literal".  What you described probably fits 10,000 kids a year.  These kids by no stretch of the imagination could be considered "literally a dime a dozen".  Kids with those kinds of stats can be in the running for any school in the US.  
Half the kids take the ACT. Plus all the international applicants. And don't be hyper-literal, it's not just NMSF parents who think their kids are rockstars destined for Harvard.  :roll:  Point remains, the all As, good SAT, APs and sports and clubs kids aren't that rare.[/quote][/quote]

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