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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree that there are a million other kids with 800 Math SAT and 800 Physics Subject test. College is about academics.  Or it should be.  And he should have gotten into one of these schools.  There are not that many more qualified applicants.  The college have chosen to make bullshit excuses for some other agenda to select less qualified kids.  I don't even know what that agenda is.  But come on people, college IS about the ability to score 800 on a Physics test!!!Yes, there are some discrepancies they have to sort out being different grades and should put a little weight on recommendations or ECs but only when comparing kids in the same bucket.  I have no dog in this fight.  My kids at 1250 and 1450 -- not Ivy.  [b]But people actually think this is fair -- I don't get it.[/b]  Maybe he worked to get so smart or maybe he was born that way ---- doesn't even matter to me.  This isn't a job interview.  It is selection into an academic program - why should it be based on this.  I am disgusted but wish him well.  [/quote]

It doesn't have to be "fair" - Ivy seats are a limited private resource that the schools can distribute as they see fit. There's no minimum benchmark to clear and after that everyone gets a cookie.  Even in my TJ graduating class 20 years ago, there were no "unhooked" Ivy acceptances, be they legacies, recruited athletes, first gen college, or URM.  That was one of the first years that elite schools started posting sub-10% admissions rates (I believe Princeton, from which I was rejected with a 1560, 4.1, varsity sport captain, etc. etc. posted 8% my year).[/quote]

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