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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. Lottery makes it sound random. College admissions is not random. There are actual algorithms in place.[/quote]

NP. Oh FFS. Both of you. It’s obnoxious. How about this?  Once you have top grades, strong extracurriculars and strong SAT/ACT, some kids get in because they do something truly amazing. Like being a Siemens or Intel winner.  But for most kids, luck also plays a role, either in the form of being a legacy or URM or having a prominent alum go to bat for you, resprenting an area or having a talent or skill that rounds out the class, or just writing an essay that speaks to the essay reader.   Every kid is there for some reason. But those reasons are either out of most kids control (legacy, URM, rural ND upbringing) or impossible to predict (like who will read or essay or what talents/ skills/ majors admissions feels is missing when they decide on your kid).

Every kid who gets in is talented. Many kids who don’t are as talented

Apply to Ivys. If you don’t get in, go to UVA/WM, work hard, and apply to a top grad school. You’ll still get where you are trying to go.

Geez. [/quote]

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