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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he applies to all top 25 schools, I guarantee he will get into one. [/quote]

Honestly you never know because there are a lot of rich legacies applying, foreign applicants. etc.
If you look at scatter charts of admits/rejects tons kids with high gpa’s and perfect test scores .

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/02/perfect-act-sat-scores-dont-mean-admission-to-top-universities/amp/

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He earned a 4.43 weighted GPA, he said, a 1550 out of 1600 on his SAT and 34 on his ACT. He took 22 semesters of Advanced Placement coursework and was ranked No. 1 in his class of 536 students. He even had what he thought was an unusual, extraordinary achievement: being the youngest player, by far, on a pro tour of the strategic trading card game “Magic the Gathering.” He was admitted to the University of Michigan, but it’s not his top choice. As he’s coming to terms with his rejections, he’s come up with his own explanation, one shared by many college admissions experts for the top schools.

“I sort of felt like in academics, the courses you take and the grades you earn, there is a level where it stops mattering,” Shumaker said. “If you get perfect grades and near-perfect scores, it just puts you in the pool.”
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Did he apply to all top 25 schools or like a bunch of t10’s and then michigan?

In our extended family we had a similar kid who did the above strategy And ended up at Michigan as well.

The last two kids in our extended family - asian girls from ca in the 2016 and 2017 app cycles applied to roughly 25 schools (mostly t25s) and got in the jhu/rice range.

For example I doubt the above kid applied to emory or non-cs cmu.

A lot of apps does increase your chances to get into at least one. [/quote]

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