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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I’m sure your kid is wonderful and hardworking and smart. If it makes you feel better, look up the bios of the kids who win the Coca Cola scholarships. You will not believe the list of things they’ve done over four years. Many of these are the MC/UMC kids getting admission to the schools everyone wants. That’s what your daughter competed against.

The uber wealthy of course are in a league of their own.

Or look up the “stats/ECs” videos of the kids who post their Ivy acceptances on YouTube.

Yeah, top schools throw a bone to first generation/low income occasionally so that their entire campus isn’t the same UMC/wealthy monolith it could be.

There are just a lot of smart and hardworking kids competing for the same few spots. No need to dwell on what happened, just look forward on the bright future she has to come.

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This^^^. Many of the kids who get in are actually a "step above" in terms of self motivated and actually doing all their EC themselves (not "doing research with Dad's best friend").  For kids like that, the AO can see it's genuine and spot a highly motivated kid who naturally is like this, not because parents are pushing them for 12 years.  
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Hmm...the only Coca Cola scholar I recognize has a dad who tried to cheat off me in high school.  And this kid was recognized in high school for science projects highly tied to his parents' graduate degrees.

In some cases, I suspect there is just a tier/prestige difference to the parenting.  [/quote]

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