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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is almost a straight A student in lower high school (a few A minuses). She works really hard for these grades.  I've been looking at the college admissions this year and it really seems like you have about 25 girls going ti top colleges and (outside of two girls) ALL are legacy, URM  or crew athletes. Then the admissions seem to go off a cliff. thank goodness for u of Chicagj because that seems it be the solo outlier. 
I am not looking for an IVY admit (at all) but I'm getting freaked out by the schools that girls outside of the above categories are attending. I won't name names but they're in instagram.

Tell it to my straight.  A/a- student. 
Did anyone apply their daughter from NCS  this year?  Where are we looking at?[/quote]
This is literally how it is and works everywhere. Just being a good student is not normally enough. You have to ask yourself what value proposition is your kid bringing to the table other than being a pretty good student.

Generally speaking, if you want your kid to go to an Ivy they need to be in top 15% of class academically and also have something to contribute to the community, whether it’s donations, diversity, special talents, etc. [/quote]

So to get into a top 40 school you need to be top 15% of class plus something else?
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Is it best to expect a school 40+ if you only have the top 15% grades at NCS but no other big hook (not legacy, not URM, not athlete)?

OP here.  This was my question before the post got derailed. [/b]

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I’m not sure where you’re getting your “Top 40” vs “40 plus” and I think you lack specificity in terms of your targets.

Ivy (and equivalent) admissions are clear and it’s been this way for decades. A perfect GPA and 95%+ test scores have never been good enough and it’s not just the stereotypical “hooks”. A hook in this connect can also include interest in a less popular major. However, there are also schools in the Top-25 that are more focused on academics over other factors. Chicago and WUSTL famously so, but also places like USC, NYU, Tufts and Tulane.

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