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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is really fun.  What a different world it was.

1992 here.  White male, first-gen (which was not a term that I was aware anyone used back then, and I don’t know the extent to which that was a “hook” at that time, if it was at all). Mediocre small-town public high school; maybe 25% of grads went to 4-year colleges.

GPA: 4.2 weighted, 4.0 unweighted, 1st in class of 155.

SAT: 1500 (790 math, 710 verbal).  I remember this because pre-1995, this really was exceptionally high.  (ACT: 33.  Which is hilarious because I took it after the SAT.  Made no sense at all to even take the ACT, let alone submit it.)

And of course, had no test prep or guidance of any kind.  Although in fairness, particularly on the SAT, prep actually didn’t matter much back then because it was much less amenable to significant improvement with prep (analogies, etc.).

Played three sports, one pretty well.  National Merit Scholar.  No interesting ECs or national awards or the like.

Denison: accepted with full tuition merit scholarship
Kenyon: accepted with full tuition merit scholarship
Miami University (Ohio): accepted with full tuition merit scholarship

Didn’t apply to Ivies, etc., because I preferred to stay closer to home and go to college for free.  I just assumed I’d get in if I had applied, which seems pretty presumptuous of 17-year-old
me, but judging by most of these posts, I might have been right.  A similar kid today would have the same gambler’s odds all our kids currently do. [/quote]

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