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[quote=Anonymous]My kid was admitted to Columbia and I can only surmise why.  Truly.  I nearly fainted when the news came through I was so surprised.  DCPS school, perfect GPA having taken all the toughest courses, a bunch of APs.  ACT score was a 35, super scored.  White kid. Upper middle class, we get financial aid.  Decent athlete but not playing at college.  We never hired a tutor, never took a course for SAT/ACT.   Kid never led a club, barely had any leadership at school.  But kid had jobs every summer and did some entrepreneurial stuff outside of school:  innovative ideas and contributing to community stuff.  Kid wrote a spectacular essay that combined ways they made up for sub-standard education at DCPS school and concern for neighbors/resilience during the pandemic.   NO HOOKS.  NO LEGACY. Neither parent nor grandparents attended an ivy.   Definitely luck played a part and an applicant who stood out in areas other than academic or athletic achievement.  When I meet classmates at Columbia, they all seem to be similarly interesting and connected people.  Maybe something is going right at Columbia admissions?[/quote]

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