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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of misunderstanding on this thread about admission to the top schools.  The top schools pick whomever they want.  Sure, you have to have a certain minimum SAT score and certain minimum GPA, but the idea that either has to be perfect is wrong.

With the discretionary spots the admissions committees have they are looking for kids who are going to go on to do great things in academia, business, government, etc.  There is a certain kind of kid who fits this bill and kids with perfect GPAs and SATs are actually unlikely to be that kid.

I don't think this quality can be manufactured.  Kids either have it or they don't.  Can it be faked?  I doubt it.

Let your kid be who they are.  9th grade only matters to the extent it might drag down the GPA a little.  There are other things that matter a lot more, especially for those tippy top schools.[/quote]

Yes. SATs need to be above 2200 or maybe above 2100.  However, going from 2250 to 2400 is not going to make a material difference in chances. Once you're over this threshold, the rest of the package becomes much more important.

A few Bs are fine and a perfect 4.0 is not clearly better than 3.9 or 3.8 (these are unweighted). I do think one or more Cs would be a big handicap, unless there is a very good explanation.

You didn't mention two other important factors: (a) applying ED, which is good for their matriculation stats, and (b) being full pay. [/quote]

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