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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving to a state with less than 5M population or no large 2M pp urban areas would help.

Applying from this area is a crapshoot, but you'll get something good within your GPA and ECs band.

Only other thing I'd add is the as a top 10%-er in private school, if you have a top pick college (say MIT) and a big donor kid with similar stats as you has the same college (not even same program necessarily), the HOS and Counselor will give the nod to the donor kid. That sux but your runner up colleges will be Ivy anyhow and you'll get in.

Secondly, top 10% kids of private schools are pushed to apply to 5 or 6 max colleges. No hoovering up all the spots, leave some for others.

Public schools do not play that game. You want to go there, you apply. Counselors won't throttle down your app #, nor push two top students against each other when MIT AdCom calls. Private schools (everywhere in the country) will. [/quote]

experienced this horse trading big time in England when applying to one of the colleges of OxBridge system. HoS lined up all the top students and said, let's maximize the school's admittances, who's applying where and who won't be. [/quote]

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