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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are tons of kids who get into top colleges with the formula of:

Top grades in hardest tracks 
Tippy top test scores 
Enough ECs to pass muster as well rounded

This was me and most of my friends, who were all top 25% (and usually top 10%) at Ivy graduation.
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Unless you and most of your friends went to ivies within the last 2 (maybe 3) years, your experience is not relevant to how college admissions is now. [/quote]

Actually, this year and next year will be different from the last two years as well. College admissions has been in constant flux since the class of 2021 applied; no two years have been quite the same since then: Covid class '20 admissions was normal, then deferrals and WL movements went crazy due to COVID; post covid class '21 started TO, dealing with last years deferrals returning; not enough dorm space, new deferrals, and tons of WL movement; '22 TO continuing with tons of deferred kids taking back spots and shrinking the incoming class; '23 TO continues, but starts to claw back, with class sizes normalizing plus explosion of admissions for "alternate start" options like start abroad, other campuses, etc. (always had some of this but it went crazy after COVID as they struggled to get back to class size averages); '24 new AA Supreme court case, plus TO continues to revert in some schools; '25 legacy disappears in many schools coast to coast, schools still grapple with AA changes, TO continues to revert in even more schools -- essentially the rules for each school are different which changes kids lists and strategies yet again). All of this can change what kids try to highlight in their applications. Who knows what next year will look like?[/quote]

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