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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear you OP. My son has also hit way more walls than expected with a single attempt 1570 SAT, 4.4 GPA, 11 APs, super hard classes and tons of very significant ECs. He is loved by his teachers so we assume the LORs were good and were told the essay was "spectacular" when he took it to a writing workshop given by AOs.

Rejected at  several "mid reach" schools like UVA while kids we know with lower scores who [b]mostly sit around and play video games all day[/b] were accepted.  Other friends are getting in with imaginary heritages and fake first time college attender attestations. But who is checking any of this?  The bottom line is, there are not clear rules about kids who get in and the fact of the matter is, many of the best and brightest are getting shut out - which is anti American in my view.  What happened to cause and effect? Work and rewards? It's a black box of admissions and people are lying and there is no accountability. Colleges are making what seem to be bizarre choices in many cases.

Yeah you can get a good education in many places but the reality is the outcomes differ - its in the data. So it is a real impact to a kid who knocked it out of the park and saw lessor effort end up winning the prize. [/quote]

You say this as if it is a bad thing. The gaming industry is huge money; colleges are adding programs and labs and technology every day to attract these kids. That's as American as it gets! Also, the kid who has time to to play enough video games to develop a strong portfolio in digital art and coding and game scripting, and can also play a sport, participate in other ECs, get good grades in rigorous courses, do service work and have a summer job - that kid is a great college candidate even if the test score is a little lower than your kid, yet still in the 98th percentile. You may feel like a kid does nothing but "play video games all day" but what do you really know about her?[/quote]

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