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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grades and high test scores are not enough to get into Harvard. Kids who get into Harvard are passionate about and spend hours and hours each week on all sorts of extracurricular activities. They have time for all those extracurriculars because they don't have to work hard for their grades and test scores.
State Universities admit solely by grades and test scores, but Harvard does not. You have to bring a lot more to the table to get into Harvard than a 4.0 and 2400 SATs. [/quote]

Not sure I see the relevance of your comment.  Point was, those who graduate from better schools (and better programs such as AAP) set the table for future success.  Hard work upfront gives one a better chance of admission.  While I agree that extracurriculars are part of the admission process at good schools, they are probably a distant third, after grades and standardized scores.  Playing varsity tennis and working at the soup kitchen on holidays makes one well rounded, but by looking at the average admissions SAT and GPA of the Ivy schools, I am sure you can see that those who get in have first shown they are academically superior, many, like myself, by busting their asses studying.

I am sure that the majority of the students at TJ would take great offense to your comment that  "they have time for all those extracurriculars because they don't have to work hard for their grades and test scores".  Do you really know anything about the work load associated with achieving a 4.0 at a top high school?[/quote]

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