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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people ask about stats so much? It’s been known for years that college admissions is a holistic process and that a kid with a 4.0/1600 can easily be rejected from a school that admits a kid with a 3.6/1450. When are people going to realize that ECs, LORs, awards, essays, interviews, fit, etc. are as, [b]if not much more, important?[/b][/quote]

Nothing is more important than stats. Barring hooks, stats are THE most important aspect of an application. The components are GPA (UW/W), Rigor (e.g. number of APs) and test scores (SAT/ACT). People ask for this because they are easier to compare across students vs. ECs and essays. How do you compare your kid's 6 years of piano against my kid's 6 years of theater or another kid's 6 years of making music in his room? You can't. Also, essays are not finalized until just before submission so kinda hard to compare them (assuming people do want to share something that personal with strangers) because they aren't available until the very end.

Stats are also available starting in 9th grade and definitely kinda set at the end of 10th grade. Not so for ECs and other 'crap'. Everyone is aware of the extent to which the 'crap' matters and have a plan for it. They just want to compare the baseline.[/quote]

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