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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a bit shaken. I promise you I am not a troll. We were certainly not advised to apply to an Ivy by the school.
My kid is hoping for a T20 but we felt it would be a huge reach based on the published stats and that we should look at more realistic schools  instead and apply EA.
I truly feel clueless now.

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OP, I’m the PP with the junior son. It’s possible these posters are correct but I’d get some more “in real life” data points. There are a lot of posters on this site who are very bitter about the advantages given in the admissions process to URM and I’m concerned some of them are on this thread an overstating the advantage because they are convinced this process is a walk in the park if you are an URM. [/quote]

I really think OPs. son will do extremely well in admissions and will have most doors open.  A 3.65 from my kid's Big3 school is a really good GPA for any kid.  It likely puts one in the top 25% of the class.  About 20% of the class goest to the Ivy League. 
Add in URM and you're really golden.  This is not me being bitter but rather honest about OP's kid.  [/quote]

I will add in that many URMs in American go to really crappy high schools (not by choice of course).  So when colleges see a URM who attended an elite school (and did well)---well this is the golden combo.  [/quote]

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