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[quote=Anonymous]Having done elite graduate admissions (admittedly lower volume, but similar materials), I’d say recs give you a lot more insight than grades and scores. Essays can be useful too. Agree that authenticity and character are not well reflected. But you do get a sense of whether people see the applicant as exceptional and, potentially, whether the applicant is interesting and thoughtful. So make sure your kids choose recommenders wisely and write meaningful essays (rather than narrative CVs or trite self-congratulatory parables). Basically, first cut is grades and scores but once that’s made, the challenge is how the choose a class from among the overabundance of high stats kids still in the pool. And that cut gets made somewhat locally — regional rep compares kid to others at same school and then within the region. Track record of matriculants from applicant’s HS at that particular college may come into the mix as well. [/quote]
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