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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about this for a reality check:

4.0 UW, 4.86 W
1560 SAT, 13 AP 8 5s, 5 4s (non-STEM), AP Calc BC 10th grade, through MVC and Linear algebra 
4 year varsity athlete
national CS awards
part time job

Rejected:  Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Brown 
WL:  Cornell, Northeastern, Case Western
Accepted:  UMD, RIT, RPI

CS major 
MCPS Magnet
At UMD on scholarship [/quote]

Unbelievable that your kid had those stats and did not get into CMU/Cornell. CMU loooks for Math-y kids and Cornell loves student-athletes which is why I am surprised by your kid’s outcomes. Just shows that so much more goes into decisions — including institutional priorities — than just stats. [/quote]

Yes the ECs were weak. Likely not enough passsion in essays or intellectual curiosity. Kid probably wasn’t memorable?

Remember the stats get you through the door. Then no one cares. It’s about everything else.

Too many ppl (on this board and in life) imagine the stats are part of the discussion in the T25 admissions room. They are not. It’s just the minimum requirement and then it becomes everything else. It’s always a question of being able to forcefully answer: Why this kid? And the answer is never grades or test scores.

Remind your kids to try new things, add texture to their applications with unusual activities and interests. Don’t be one-dimensional.[/quote]

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