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[quote=Anonymous][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]

🤔 I think it shows what we hear all the time: once you have minimum stats based on your profile (geographic area, etc), the whole package comes into play. Kid def had the stats: perfect GPA, good testing, high rigor,

CS aWards are great.

But:

varsity athlete is essentially a tiny EC 
+ part time job

Those were the listed ECs. That’s nothing. Leadership? Impact? The kid was denied most places bc ECs were very weak.[/quote]

I am the PP you responded to. My point was that CMU and Cornell do NOT have a very high bar for ECs. CMU AOs will tell you they care about Math. Cornell likes sports. The kid had both. I know kids with much less and no hooks who have been admitted to both. That is why I was surprised!

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