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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]a)recruited athlete plus good grades/scores
b) URM plus good grades/scoresc
c) legacy plus good grades/scores

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d) close to perfect grades/scores and [b]something else remarkable.  [/b]

If you're not a, b or c you need a stellar academic record plus something else that sets you apart from the crowd.  Something that makes you remarkable.  
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e) family has extraordinary wealth. (Such that they are capable of 7- or 8-digit donations.) Plus good grades/test scores. [/quote]

You say this on every thread. It is not the wealth itself that gets the kid accepted, it is the wealth that gives the kid access to things that get them accepted. We know one family who decided their 5th grade DD should set up a charity in Malawi building school huts. So they invested in that and that's what she does every summer. It wasn't her idea, or her cash, but she did it and it will probably impress at least one admissions person.[/quote]

The way people in this forum assume adcoms are naïve and easy to trick is preposterous.

You think you can spot "wealthy access" charities and adcoms can't?  When they see tens of thousands of applicants a year?  Well guess what - they can, and that is why virtually every advice book written by an ex adcom tells you not to do it.

No one is perfect but the professionals can spot genuine kids and genuine kids and interests.  Plus, they also get to see the transcripts and the recommendations (which you do not).  Those matter much, much more.

The wealthy have many, many other advantages in admissions: their kids get the best schools, academic assistance, better ACT tutoring, private admissions consulting, private sports coaching and expensive clubs, kids not having to work for spending cash... the list goes on and on.  But "buying a charity" is NOT one of them. [/quote]

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