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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is not applying to any ivies despite the fact he scored 36 on the ACT and has gotten mostly A's through high school.  He says he doesn't want the "cut-throat" environment.  Not sure where he is getting that impression, but my husband really would like him to apply to Yale just for the heck of it.  We toured the school a few weeks ago, and he seemed impressed, so maybe he will.  It can't hurt to try, and reading this thread alleviates my fears that it would not be a good fit for him if he were to get in.  We are also URM, so that may be a potential hook.[/quote]

Potential hook?  URM is a massive hook and you should leverage it while you still can.[/quote]

Is it, really?  I mean at schools like Yale, doesn't there also need to be some other amazing characteristic besides grades, scores and URM?[/quote]

The kids who were URMs at my kids' large public with good grades and decent test scores (only one with a perfect ACT/SAT score that I'm aware  of) all got into multiple HPYS and other top schools over the last couple years. Only one had really top ECs-- the rest were just normal smart kids. Your child can pretty much write his ticket, so in your shoes I'd really work with him on researching them. Agree with others that many top schools, including most ivies, are not cut-throat in the slightest. Some kids do find smaller schools to be a better fit though. [/quote]

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