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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just between us gals, if he was another race, do you think the results would have been different?[/quote]

No he had bad ECs.  You need to do more than school activities if you want a spot. His profile was not interesting to top schools which is why he was shut out.  He was a regular smart kids who was a good test taker.[/quote]

didn't he play an instrument for 10 years? that is hardly nothing.

also these comments that the rest of his application must have been lacking are so dumb. a kid that bright knows how to play the game.[/quote]

Its NOTHING. kids who get in play an instrument at a [b]national or regional level[/b].  No one cares some old lady came to your house and taught you violin or you went to a local music shop.  Ivies want violinist who can play for symphonies and athletes who can play on their teams (travel and national players).  A high school varsity player probably can't even make an intramural team!  So now the kid is trying to get in based on original creation (not published in a regional or national publication) (not creating any sort of great community good or performance) or original thought ( has not discovered anything0.  For stem you are competing against intel scholars, kids coding for tech start ups and the like. Again he was a smart regular kid according to his video. Many kids with the same stats have done more and those are the ones that get in-- they have had an impact on the wider community.[/quote]
This is just a dumb statement.

The vast majority of students do not need to play musical instruments at a national level on top of a 1590 SAT and 800s in Math and Physics with a very high GPA with a rigorous curriculum, to get into a school like Dartmouth or Cornell.

The vast majority of students at Dartmouth and Cornell are not freaking Carnegie Hall-level musicians nor Olympics athletes

But unfortunately if you are Asian, you apparently have to be. [/quote]

Agree.

These posters saying he needs to be a Carnegie Hall level musician have a 10-year-old's level of understanding of college admissions. [/quote]

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