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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2250 and top 2% of class at leading LI public. Being minority did not hurt. I don't care if you are white, yellow or green, those stats will get you serious consideration at all the top schools. No reverse discrimination here. [/quote]

No,  not really.  Those stats don't really stand out at Ivy Leagues.  Not to mention, his ECs were insignifiicant and not up to par with most Ivy candidates.[/quote]

Wrong. Ivy League schools are looking for creative kids and future leaders. They don't just want the kids who were chained to their desks doing SAT prep for four years, because they know these aren't the kids who are most likely to succeed in most fields. An example: my own kid, who had SATs lower than this kid's 2250 (but still over 2100, which seems to be a threshold) and who got into one of those Ivies that takes 6-7% of kids on the basis of national level achievements in an EC. And before you cry "affirmative action", my kid is a white girl from MoCo, about the least favored group (after Asians maybe) of kids.

Something about this kid's leadership ECs, creativity and work ethic (all of which you casually dismiss) stood out to admissions committees.[/quote]

You are 100 percent right. Why do people refuse to see this? When all is said and done, they're looking for sparkle, not stats.[/quote]

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