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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you seen selective college admissions “just work out” where it appears to happen by luck or easily for an apparently underwhelming candidate?

I keep hearing stories of lower Ivy admits (and other private T25) for seniors who had meh grades (3.75-3.85uw) and so-so scores (33-34) ending up at places like Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Rice, Emory, USC - from private high schools.

How does this happen unexpectedly? Is the kid just a stealth achiever? Or did a pricey admissions counselor manufacture a story? Or a secret VIP?

Truly curious.[/quote]

Those schools aren't as selective as you imagine they are. [/quote]
No — they are infinitely more so. When less than 15% of applicants get in, admissions are uber competitive. For every seemingly low stats student admitted, there are 19 other candidates with perfect or near perfect stats that are rejected. I was shocked at who didn’t get in to schools this year. Don’t kid yourself; this process is brutal.[/quote]

Not that brutal for over a 3.75 from a top private school, which was your example. It’s under 3.75 where things get crazy. [/quote]

Where do the under 3.75uw private school kids go?[/quote]

Syracuse, Kenyon, UVT, UConn, Penn State, Fairfield….tons of great options of all sizes.  The obsession with top schools is out of control around here. There are many great colleges out there and MOST are not Ivy League! [/quote]

3.7-3.8uw from our private would get into Case; Lehigh; Bucknell; Colgate; NYU; etc

3.5-3.7uw would be SMU; Fordham; Syracuse; Penn State; Miami-Ohio; etc….[/quote]

NYU has 7% acceptance rate for CAS not to mention Stern.[/quote]

True. But kids targeting ivies aren’t generally applying to NYU are they?[/quote]
I've seen many apply, especially if they are into finance/econ, math, or philosophy.[/quote]

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