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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is all relative.  A kid can is screwed if someone with lower stats gets accepted and you don't.  But is has be significantly lower stats.  [/quote]

When I hear about such cases, I am always skeptical that the person who got "screwed" actually knows the other kid's stats, and it is impossible that they know all the information about the other kid that caused the admissions committee to accept that kid and reject the other kid.

You didn't get screwed just because the college didn't take all 60,000 applications, rank them in order of GPA and test scores, and then offer admission to the top 10,000 applications without looking at anything else.[/quote]

Yes but if a [b]36/1580, valedictorian, class president and varsity capt of championship sports team with maybe something else (national award in major related activity) [/b]doesn't get in, but others with demonstrably lower stats (per teachers) are getting in, that kid was screwed.

absolutely.
and yes, its part of life and it happens. but yes, it was being screwed.[/quote]

The thing is, those stats - particularly high test scores, valedictorian, class pres, and varsity captain - are run of the mill, especially at Ivy League and other reach schools.  Their acceptance rates these days are less than 10%.  They could fill multiple first year classes with students with those credentials - and those first year classes would be so, so boring.  Much more interesting are those students with "demonstrably lower stats" (test scores?) who scored well enough to be somewhat competitive, have recommendations that emphasize their drive and passion, and have unusual life experiences or activities/expertise.    [/quote]

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