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Of course grades and test scores come first, but the arbitrariness comes into play, because elite schools could fill themselves several times over with perfect test scores and grades. Therefore the spin the college counselor puts on it can influence the process. Naturally one wants to believe that the soft skills should be emphasized, but these are difficult to evaluate in an application.[/quote]

It's definitely non-deterministic, but the indeterminism comes in the essay and the extra-curriculars, not in "how the application is put together." A private counselor will not make or break your child's application.

I'm not a huge fan of platitudes around "elite schools could fill themselves several times over with perfect test scores and grades." No they couldn't, there are fewer perfect SAT scores in a year than the incoming class of even one of these schools (usually around 1k-2k). If you get a 1600, you're probably going to go to one of those top schools, even if you won't get into every single one. [/quote]

I wish it were not the case but technically it is true. Check out the book "who gets in and why". It says that Harvard as an example received enough applicants with perfect scores to fill itself several times over. This is because more and more students across the country are applying to so-called elite schools. In prior years the higher education market was more geographically constrained. Also more people are going to college than ever before. So who gets in to selective schools is extremely arbitrary. That being said there are more and more great schools, and spots overall are abundant.
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