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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC high stats from magnet, SAT 1600, GPA 4.0 UW, 4.78 W, 7 AP's with all 5's and one 4, school club leader, founder of a national non profit rejected from Princeton and top public schools, accepted into UMD honors. 
What is wrong with this profile? Got deferred from a couple other top public schools. So far UMD is the only one in hand. [/quote]

It could be that the essays or recommendations weren’t compelling. [/quote]

It could also be that everyone in the industry has clued into the "founder of a national nonprofit" move at this point.

Half of my kid's class at Sidwell/NCS/GDS has "founded a nonprofit," and "national" just means they have a website with links to relevant things outside of your state.

Colleges know what you're doing here.  think harder.[/quote]

Plus, if you are founding a new nonprofit serving the same needs as existing one, you are diluting the pool when you should just be volunteering. It's a negative.[/quote]

Great profile. I would say check the recs were strong. Also possible that essays were not well written or there could be something in there that upset AO's. A kid with such good stats should not be rejected by Princeton, more so not even deferred or rejected by top state schools[/quote]

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