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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The vast majority of students at HPY fit into some box or they would be rejected. They are not regular kids that score high. If you spent time talking to admitted students you would realize that students typically have something special beyond high scores.  (Other kids are not in a position to judge and may not have knowledge of out of school activities.)[/quote]

Something special beyond high scores as in donor and legacy parents?

Dartmouth and Cornell are not HPY. Not sure if you know what that abbreviation stands for. [/quote]

Sorry you did not actually find out about how to get in and thought that high scores was all that was needed.  Half of Cornell is a NYS school so its a little different.[/quote]
Yes, having your daddy donate a building is whats needed.[/quote]

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