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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the application fees for these 8 schools?[/quote]

I wonder if her HS pushed it and covered fees? 
[/quote]What the hell difference does it make?  It doesn't matter to you that she was valedictorian or an Intel Science finalist.  Not important that her GPA was amazing or her parents instilled in her the value of education which is what DCUM posters are always complaining about that AA students don't value.  It's meaningless that her credo is "persistence and tenacity."

I have followed college acceptances and rejections on College Confidential for a couple of years and have gone back to previous years postings to look for a pattern of admissions, denials, and deferrals.  Ethnicity is also included.  There are tons of students who have similar stats and were admitted or denied who were black, white, Asian, Native American, etc.  I notice there are an inordinate number, the majority, of admitted students from ALL races do NOT have these over the top standardized scores and range between 2100-2400 with 2400 not being the norm.  A 2200, for example, puts you in the 98th percentile according to the College Board.  The college admissions work independently of each other when making college decisions and, yes, this admit was Vegas odds.

If your preference is to disregard everything this child did because it's more important who covered her college fees, that's your prerogative and says volumes.  I say way to go, congratulations, and continue the legacy of persistence and tenacity.[/quote]

Get a hobby?[/quote]

You are way overreacting, PP. I think it's great that she has so many opportunities and good for her for her achievements. BUT the Ivy League only is an athletic conference. There is a wide variety of schools. It does seem odd that she chose ALL of them. The top 10 schools in her field of interest, whatever it is, would not all be Ivy. So we here at DCUM are casually discussing possible motivations. Not tearing down her achievements. So chill.

The publicity would be great for her HS to get two students in a row so I can see how they'd encourage her, a very strong candidate, to apply to all of them.
 [/quote]She also got into Hopkins and MIT.  Do you share the same sentiment when other groups apply to all top 10 schools and is that odd that they choose ALL of them?  Just asking.[/quote]

I don't know anyone of any "GROUP" who applied to all 8 Ivies. CHILL OUT.

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^ If she applied to the Top 10 schools - by any ranking - that would NOT include ALL 8 Ivies.  Sounds like she (or her HS) wanted to see if she could get into all 8 just for the publicity, not out of pure academic interest. 
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