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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]

These are true, no doubt. But it doesn't explain the trend this year where SO MANY high stats kids landed lower than would have been expected based on (recent!) history from their own high schools.[/quote]

Something very unusual is happening; that much is clear.

AOs are secretive; we all know that.

Therefore we are left to speculate.

My speculation is:

- the AOs know the Supreme Court will soon invalidate race-based college admissions, so they are intentionally admitting as many URMs this year as they possibly can (while they can).

At the same time, the AOs are intentionally excluding as many white / Asian cis-gender males  as they can.

In any event, we are not going to get any proof out of the AOs themselves.[/quote]

Huh.  Meanwhile, white and Asian males ("cis-gender  :roll: ) are being accepted left and right.  Interesting.[/quote]

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