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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know, the one on the scattergram that stands out in a sea of Xs. The one you assume is an URM, legacy or athlete? He’s not any of those. He’s just a well-rounded kid with solid, but not outstanding, test scores and a decent, but not spectacular, GPA. [b]He had a uniquely honest essay,[/b] so maybe that helped, but honestly, I think he was lucky to fit into a niche they wanted to fill.

So for those of you doing this next year: Make a wish on that check mark all by itself and apply to the reaches. [/quote]

Congrats first, and I totally agree with the bolded! We were surprised dc got in where he did last year (TO) but he had a brutally honest, well-written essay that we think was key. [/quote]

Mine too. I mentioned earlier that we were surprised where she got in (Clemson, NC State to name two), but I think her essay really helped. It too was brutally honest. She is only 3.3. and did low SAT but did test optional. Waiting on a few RD but she really doesn't care at this point since she is happy where she got in so far with ED. I think the schools were she got in actually read the whole application. She got denied or deferred from lower ranked schools where I believe they only look at GPA and scores - without even looking at other things or researching the high school. UofSC is one where she was was outright rejected. So look for schools that look at the whole file. There are some schools. I know the top schools do that but I'm talking about other solid schools.[/quote]

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