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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is silly. If you’re so smart that your kid is also smart, you should recognize that a lot of kids will get rejected when 50k apply for 3k seats, or whatever the numbers are. Why would you ever imagine that your less-than-perfect kid would excel at this game when even the perfect fail?

As for the opacity at top schools, it will never change, and for good reason. [b]Top schools are looking for smarts AND something else that together has a high probability of creating distinguished alumni.[/b] Why define the something else? Schools want alumni succeeding in all areas of life and the world changes too quickly to put disruption and creativity in a bottle.

OP, it sounds like your kid is a conventionally smart kid who wanted a break. There’s nothing wrong with that, but that’s not who Harvard admits. A solid state school would be a perfect fit for your kid. [/quote]

You're not paying close attention. Bolded is, at best, 1/2 the calculus these days. The other 1/2 (or more) involves DEI considerations.[/quote]

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