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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd got into HYP in 2020 with no hooks (yes, I know, pre-TO).  We are in New England and admissions pretty much as tough here as anywhere. Directly and indirectly I have known a number of kids over the years who got in to the most competitive schools without being URM/first gen or athletes, I don't know about their legacy status.  But what these kids all had in common was they really dug in to their own education and actively sought out opportunities to grow and contribute, they were all kids excited about learning and whatever their activities were it showed in the application I imagine. That's not a guarantee for a spot at a reachy-reach school, plenty of equally awesome kids with nearly identical apps probably didn't get in. But it's certainly possible.[/quote]

Totally irrelevant in the TO world.  [/quote]

Why can't folks grasp that? There have been various eras in admissions, including the "I got into an Ivy in early '90s with a 3.5 and no ECs, so why can't my Johnny?" And in more recent times, there is an era - BTO - ending in 2020. We are now a few years into ATO, yet some folks insist that their BTO stories are relevant.[/quote]

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