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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I smell a 🧌 [/quote]

Do you think her profile is too "basic"? She says she regrets not picking more creative ECs, although I think her ECs were perfectly suited for her major + demonstrated her passion.[/quote]

Yeah, I agree there is nothing that stands out in her ECs.

ECs:
not impressive: - A few regional awards (STEM)
Actually good:  - 200+ volunteer hours @ local hospital
everyone has one:  - Founder of non-profit
this year AOs don't like research for some reason:  - Research w/ prof at T30
everyone has one:  - Competitive summer program for BME
everyone has this: - Lots of community service

This year I heard Stanford retracted an acceptance because the applicant lied about volunteer hours.
Are those 200 volunteer hours @ local hospital registered with the school?[/quote]

Yes, she made sure that everything was registered. I'm assuming the more "basic" ECs were the factor harming her application?[/quote]

No, it's just a bizarre system that makes kids do these things. In other countries kids don't have to do these admissions acrobatics.[/quote]

No, other countries instead track kids around age 11/12 (or earlier).  You are tracked at this age, based on a one day test.  Do well, you can be on tract for pre-med/stem/engineering.  Do okay, and you can focus on humanities and social sciences (non stem), do worse, and you won't be tracked for much college at all.  And without $$$$$$ it is damn near impossible to get off those tracks. 
So yeah, I 1000% prefer what we have, where a kid can grow academically after 5th/6th grade and still decide to be an engineer or a doctor after age 12.  [/quote]

Nah. You can pretty much tell where a kid should be by the end of 6th grade. Pretending that kids can “grow” after that is a waste of everyone’s time and of public resources.[/quote]
I don't think that's true.  My sister almost didn't pass middle school and nearly flunked out of high school.  My parents thought she was hopeless and suggested a GED and a job at McDonald's.

She ended up top of her graduate program at Yale and is doing great as an adult.  She grew up a lot in college and stopped hating school when they stopped making her take math, science and PE. She probably has some hefty LDs, but is an amazing artist and author.  She didn't even know she had a talent for art or writing until she was a senior in highschool.  A lot can change when a person finds their niche.[/quote]

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