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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wrong OP -- colleges look at the whole package. Good grades from a terrible h.s. don't mean anything. SATs matter more and ECs are considered as well. Don't write about what you don't know about.

My kid went to Princeton so we went through the whole thing. She did not have the best grades in her elite private, but she had other unique stuff for her application.[/quote]

I think the process is more nuanced than that. Looking at the whole package doesn't mean that all of the elements are weighed equally. However if you have unique ECs or special talents that can tip in your kids favor and override the grades. Plus if your kid went to a selective private, that's an important point in your kid's profile. They know she could do the work.

If you look at the spread of GPA's for Princeton the majority of the kids are at the top. In Princeton's common data set for 2016-2017 86% of the freshman class had a GPA over 3.75; everyone else is below that.  You can't take one example and say OP is wrong - there is too much access to actual data that clearly states otherwise.[/quote]

Some schools also have favorite feeder schools. I was a bit surprised to see so many acceptances from DC's private school at certain top universities.
Apparently this school gives that university what they are looking for. Must be a 'special pile' for kids from DC's school at some of these schools.[/quote]

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