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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yield protection. They make the crappy decision he likely would not attend...which given that out of state and private schools can be from $60-80K for donut hole families is really crappy.[/quote]

More likely there was some other reason. Shit essays, most likely.[/quote]

What are the chances a kid with great stats and achievements writes an essay SO terrible it negates the more important factors??? None. [/quote]

Uh a kid with great stats might have horrible social skills & a complete lack of self-awareness. That could be obvious in an essay.[/quote]

Or a lack of empathy, or simple lack of passion. Schools don't just want high-performing kids but kids who perform well because they care deeply about their interests.[/quote]

This is the dumbest BS I've ever heard!  So why the F should a college care why a kid performs as long as he does?! The 4.6 kid shows that he can perform through his grades (and there aren't enough fufu APs so he must have taken some tough ones).  What in the application led the idiot AO to think this kid doesn't have 'passion'? passion for what?  Or that the kid lacks empathy?

The kid is likely Asian or White and this is a clear case of yield protection (I know, they don't do yield protection  :roll:   You idiots can believe that).[/quote]

The kid probably didn’t apply ED and that’s why he was rejected. I do him either, who wants to be pigeonholed to a school when there are better options.  Just another excellent student screwed over by the ugly usage of ED. [/quote]

Agree with your sentiment.  The fact that he didn't get in EA or RA reeks of yield protection but the idiots on this board don't want to admit VA schools do YP, because "they don't say they do it". :roll: [/quote]

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