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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Context: To get a 4.6 at that school, kid likely had to take 16 AP courses and get a full "A" in every one of them through first semester of senior year. (And probably use some GPA-related tricks that Tiger parents daydream about from the time their kids are in diapers.) Only a handful of students in the entire school system can compete with that, and few would even be interested in trying. Anyway, I assume a troll started this thread.
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My kid was like this and did not get into UVa or VT. Also sports and lots of extracurriculars The system is broken. People don't want to hear it, but it's true. [/quote]

And my four white, UMC kids had those kinds of stats and ECs applied to UVA and three were admitted and of the three who applied to VT, two were admitted.  The system is not broken; it is just crazy competitive and thus unpredictable.[/quote]

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Same results for my white, UMC kids.  Lots and lots of sour grapes on this forum.[/quote]

What would the results have been for black kids?[/quote]

The trick to UVA is applying ED, and having a sob story essay involving "diversity" (no injury topics).  You are welcome. [/quote]

Sad, but true.[/quote]

It’s true of all schools. [b]Every student has to have a sob story or a story about how they overcame an obstacle in life. It’s all very weird. [/b]We sent DS to a British school which is a meritocracy so we don’t have to deal with a broken system[/quote]

+1  I absolutely HATE this.  It's like kids are making sh*t up to appear as a victim who has overcome.  It's pathetic.

You just can't be 'normal'.  When did 'normal' become toxic and a liability?  And, I'm waiting for the rant to this post about what is 'normal' blah, blah, blah, yada yada....in this context--I mean your average kid with just regular life issues that don't have to be made into a mini-novella.  Everyone by the time they are applying to college has likely faced meanness, exclusion, toxicity, rejection (sports, elections), injury, death of a grandparent, etc.  Just 'normal' things based on their age.  But--they have to make these things so 'life-definining' and beating all odds kind of crap.

IT's strange and weird.  You hear of kids lying about their gender identification or race or some sob story just to have an angle.[/quote]

Because some kids have had to overcome a lot more than your kid, and it IS more impressive when they manage to achieve. [/quote]

Why should that give them a leg up in education, though?[/quote]

Because if they can succeed in adverse conditions, it shows tremendous grit and perseverance in addition to the intellectual capacity it takes to achieve.  Almost anyone can achieve in an UMC hothouse environment (look how many high achiever parents are here) so it’s not as special as the kid who achieves without the prep, tutoring, expensive ECs, etc.  many of the truly great people in this world had to overcome adversity.  [/quote]

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