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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC high stats from magnet, SAT 1600, GPA 4.0 UW, 4.78 W, 7 AP's with all 5's and one 4, school club leader, founder of a national non profit rejected from Princeton and top public schools, accepted into UMD honors. 
What is wrong with this profile? Got deferred from a couple other top public schools. So far UMD is the only one in hand. [/quote]

It could be that the essays or recommendations weren’t compelling. [/quote]

It could also be that everyone in the industry has clued into the "founder of a national nonprofit" move at this point.

Half of my kid's class at Sidwell/NCS/GDS has "founded a nonprofit," and "national" just means they have a website with links to relevant things outside of your state.

Colleges know what you're doing here.  think harder.[/quote]

Plus, if you are founding a new nonprofit serving the same needs as existing one, you are diluting the pool when you should just be volunteering. It's a negative.[/quote]

Great profile. I would say check the recs were strong. Also possible that essays were not well written or there could be something in there that upset AO's. A kid with such good stats should not be rejected by Princeton, more so not even deferred or rejected by top state schools[/quote]

Disagree. There is no one with good enough stats that you can say they “should not” have been rejected from Princeton.  It just doesn’t work like that.  No idea what “top privates” refers to but some, like Berkeley and UVa can be very difficult for OOS. [/quote]

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