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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I interview for Yale and find it bizarre that she didn't get into Ivys. However, I have interviewed 2 or 3 comparably impressive students (in very different ways) who did not get in. The other 3 most impressive candidates I've had did get in (though one got deferred early & then admitted). (I've also had 2 likely letter athletes get in who weren't nearly as impressive; but I'm counting one recruited athlete who remains the single most impressive person I've interviewed.)

Anyway, I think her failure to get into Ivys is bizarre and I DON'T think most Ivy admits have similar qualifications. BUT I have seen equally bizarre waitlists... sometimes it happened when they took a different, very similar candidate from the same school. Any chance that happened to her?[/quote]
Can interviewers see the applicants’ stats and commonapp info before the interview?[/quote]

Harvard interviewer here. No we can’t see all that, we only get basic info about the student like HS name. But yes this girl is more impressive on paper than some of the Harvard admits I’ve interviewed. Of course we’ve also rejected many impressive ones too, at this point it can feel like a lottery[/quote]

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