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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i've been surprised how well colleges can differentiate between the "complete outlier" top kids and the "have the same stats but are simply very bight" kids----at least coming from private.

I had kids in the class of 2024 and 2025.  Both had similar stats as did many of their peers.  My one who has the ability to absorb material instantly and generally without any studying was admitted to an Ivy SCEA (24). My one without this ability who had the same grades was not and committed to a non-Ivy RD.  Basically I think the colleges got this right.  Somehow they were able to tell that Kid #1 is something special from an intellectual standpoint (something we as parents have seen over the past few years as well--when compared to our other 2 bright kids who did extremely well in high school this one stood out).  I 1000% saw the same things happen with admissions from their peers from the same high school--the true rockstars got the admits, the same grades but not as brilliant did not.  I have to believe that subtle differentiators come through in the recommendations, at least from private high schools where the teachers possibly have more knowledge of the kids. And certainly there are kids who fall through the cracks or end up on the wrong side of the stats as well.  [/quote]

I saw this with my own kids from a private school. It’s in the letter of recommendations. The teachers coordinate for LOR and that’s what you’re paying the tuition money for. They know who is at the very top of the class intellectually and they also have opinions on good fit in terms of learning style and innate intellectual capabilities match which colleges and universities. It does end up working out.

I have one kid at an Ivy and and one at a T10.[/quote]

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