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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you all say SCEA has a much higher chance of acceptance at Ivy League schools (Yale, Harvard, Princeton, particularly). Thanks![/quote]

Not for unhooked candidates. Arguably/in some cases for legacies (especially if applying from the same HS as other legacies with strong credentials).[/quote]

DD is not legacy but has a hook -- theatre.  Biggest achievements were at a young age -- do they ask for dates?[/quote]

Only ECs/activities during HS years are typically listed on the Common App.  [/quote]

But do they ask for dates? These are nat'l/state level credits (B'way & major regional). HS largely won't get cast in pro theatre b/c small adults play them to save money.[/quote]

They do accept dates but you're not actually limited to things that happened during high school and if we're talking about roles/awards that are a really big deal nationally, you might as well put them down.[/quote]

I think more likely your DD could write about them in an essay, if she tied them to things she wants to do in the future.  For ECs, the schools my kid applied to asked for hours/week, and he did not list major regional theatre credits from his childhood because they were so long ago. If he'd wanted to pursue a theatre major, he likely would have written about them in one of the essays, but since he was planning a different major, he didn't include them at all. He did include theatre accomplishments/ECs from HS.[/quote]

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