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[quote=Anonymous]PP on the HYPSM school taking 7 applicants - this was very recently.

Assuming that the schools will reject any kids below the valedictorian doesn’t make sense to me because there are so many other factors that are important in the process that rank. Intended major is one that comes immediately to mind. Some schools are really hunting for kids to satisfy specific needs, and that kid isn’t always the valedictorian. The relative competitiveness of a computer science major is very different from the competitiveness of a kid with a demonstrated interest in the humanities.

That said, it is true that highly selective schools are trying to accept kids from a larger selection of high schools and aren’t as keen to accept a lot of kids from the best-known private. Maybe that’s what’s inspiring all the worry, which one is at a school like that is justified. I do think parents enroll their kids in very rigorous high pressure high schools believing that colleges will understand if the rank or GPA is lower as a result. I largely think that is not the case. [/quote]

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