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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD had similar stats and background and interests. Full pay too. Applied to Y and P. Beaten out by other student at her school with lesser stats and interests - both legacies and URM. Learned hard lesson as UMC white female.

Received large merit scholarships at SLAC backups. Very happy and no longer cares.

Prepare her for disappointment and have good other choices.[/quote]

This is why my child does not tell anyone her stats. [/quote]

Because you are legacy and URM applicant? Because you don’t want your child to have dreams smashed? Because you’re child is a super special weapon? The process is broken and opaque and ridiculous.

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??? She doesn’t tell her classmates what her stats. It’s none of their business and only leads to gossip.[/quote]

+1. DC is/will be an URM. Closest friends are legacies at HYP and/or faculty kids, though I've only discovered so organically over the years. I wouldn't divulge either in their shoes. DC can't conceal ethnicity but I discourage sharing stats for similar reasons.

Funny story...I do know an AA young man who got into HYPSM, CalTech, etc with a 4.0/1600 and outstanding ECs. People still said he only got in because of race. Nevermind that he got into Caltech, but anyway. When asked, he would troll people by saying he got an 3.3/1150 and watch them steam through phony smiles. :mrgreen: [/quote]

Funny, Thomas Sowell told a similar story of a UCLA student arguing with him over an Econ concept with him thinking prof Sowell doesn’t understand the textbook he had assigned in the course he was teaching. Exasperated, prof Sowell told the student he wrote the textbook himself. [/quote]

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