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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid had 1580 SAT/36 ACT.
Salutatorian. Private HS in Texas. Basically maxed out GPA with 10 APs at 5.

Great ECs.

Denied at H,P,S 
Accepted Vandy, Duke and Oxford.[/quote]

This is crazy. Harvard, Princeton, Stanford is such a crap shoot even with these stats….so frustrating.
Where is you kid going between Vandy, Duke and Oxford?[/quote]
None of this is crazy. This person could’ve gotten rejected more than a decade ago. Just having a good score isn’t unique- a lot of people have good scores with course rigor. [/quote]

+1 Parents don't grasp this until their kid experiences it themselves.  These schools are rejecting 95 out of every 100 applicants (it is actually probably more like rejecting 97/98 out 100 if you take out the  spots that are essentially reserved for athletes, kids of donors/legacy and questbridge).  Your outstanding kid is competing with literally thousands of other equally qualified students for a couple of spots.   [/quote]

Im the parent of the kid denied at H,P and S and accepted to Vandy, Duke and Oxford.
The frustrating part for him is that little sister just got in Stanford, same major, worst stats. 1550/35 top 3% but not salutatorian and quite frankly, worse ECs than her brother. [/quote]

DS was rejected from all of the Ivy plus schools and ended up at Georgetown.  His younger sister had a worse GPA and SAT score but got into Princeton.  That's why this admissions game is a crapshoot at the very elite schools.  Your DS had some great choices - which one did he pick of the three?[/quote]

I’m surprised by these 2 posts above. I know a lot of high state Ivy legacies and literally no one could get their kid into Stanford unless a legit Olympic candidate. For Princeton we only see first gen/quest bridge getting in. Are these two sisters from a feeder private or applied to some unusual majors?[/quote]

I was the poster with kids at Georgetown and Princeton and I missed this.  I can only speculate on what happened here.  DC at Georgetown applied for and got into the McDonough/business school while DD at Princeton applied for English major.  Also, DC had very high stats and was, I think number 2 or 3 in the class, but the valedictorian that year (a brilliant kid) basically got into all of the Ivy plus schools so that may have reduced his odds.  DD's class did not have as many go-getter, crazy-smart kids, so DD must have somehow managed to stick out.  DD did not get into any other Ivy plus schools, too.[/quote]

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