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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 3.7 from my HS was an A- average. Is that what we're talking about? If so, I was unhooked, but with a perfect 2400 SAT, and got into one of HYP early with that GPA (which put me at just below the top 1/3rd of my class, for context). I had other good things on my resume, obviously, but nothing that would remotely qualify as a "hook." (White female with lawyer parents from NYC.)[/quote]

A 3.7, perfect Sats, no hooks won't get you into HYP today. You'd be very lucky to get into one top 10, and two or three more in the 10-25 range. [/quote]

I just graduated. I realize it gets harder every year, but the process has not changed entirely in 5 years. I thought I wouldn't get into HYP to be honest, but my guidance counselor approved my list of H/Y/P, H/Y/P, Brown, MIT, UChicago and Michigan without concern (we're only allowed to apply to 5 privates), so clearly didn't share your doom and gloom philosophy. I came from a very competitive HS that sends about 15-20 to HYPS every year, FWIW.[/quote]

Which school limits your applications to only 5 private colleges?[/quote]

Not PP, but quite a few private schools limit kids to a certain number of applications. (At some schools its a hard limit, at some it only applies to privates, at some it applies to privates + OOS publics, at some it applies unless you get an FA waiver... There are different approaches, but they basically don't want the top few students just applying everywhere for bragging rights and/or so they don't have to bother "figuring it all out until later." In NYC, some public magnets also do this. Hunter used to limit to 5 or 6 private apps and now I think it's 8 but it includes OOS publics.[/quote]

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