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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Context: To get a 4.6 at that school, kid likely had to take 16 AP courses and get a full "A" in every one of them through first semester of senior year. (And probably use some GPA-related tricks that Tiger parents daydream about from the time their kids are in diapers.) Only a handful of students in the entire school system can compete with that, and few would even be interested in trying. Anyway, I assume a troll started this thread.
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My kid was like this and did not get into UVa or VT. Also sports and lots of extracurriculars The system is broken. People don't want to hear it, but it's true. [/quote]

US undergrad admission system is totally broken.  While  our nation is in a dire crisis worse than 1957 Sputnik.  While we are prioritizing AA/DEI/CRT BS over academic excellence, another nation is aiming hypersonic missiles at us.  And that nation has a merit-based college entrance exam system.  Not long ago they were a nation of poor peasants.  Their best colleges take the best and brightest students and they don’t care about all the DEI BS, and they don’t care about BS essays either.  Just google US News best global engineering schools and take a look at the top 50 or 100.  Scary. [/quote]

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