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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my unhooked kids got into HYP by building a compelling narrative. I'm assuming your extremely smart kid didn't sit home every summer. what's the common thread. lean into that this summer. then your kid is as compelling as any other. hooked kids have a nice bump, but the fact remains that most kids get in aren't an athlete or legacy or first gen. [/quote] You may have gotten lucky. But in very competitive areas like NYC & DMV, it often takes more than a couple of summers of the same activity. I know kids with amazing narratives and truly deep ECs (not to mention top grades + scores) who still got rejected from every Ivy.[/quote] Looks like bad choices (bad choice of major; not a tightly curated application; essays weren't standout or stellar and didn't evoke emotion; nothing unusual or memorable outside the "norm" in the application; no ordinary pt job). All of these things help make a kid compelling.[/quote]
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