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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a Harvard interviewer in this area for a while. We see a lot of great kids coming out of Whitman and BCC, and of course Blair Magnet. The kids from the other high schools are less competitive for a few reasons. Some don't have the academics (a common refrain among interviewers is "I'd never get in today", where SATs of all 750+, at least 3 APs with 5's as a junior and weighted GPA well over 4 only puts you in the top third of applicants, and Harvard takes the top fourth of that group.) However, a lot of it is the lack of extracurricular distinction. Kids stuck in cul-de-sacs tend to have less involvement In extracurriculars, and don't have the leadership or the independent research projects that we see at the most competitive schools. [/quote]] Do you think a kid who is top of their class at a lesser ranked MCPS school might have a better chance of getting in? [/quote]
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