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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it is a lottery and sometimes the bright kids just get in.  i have a friend who lives outside boston, twins went to public, no hooks, no college counselors, one to stanford and one to MIT.[/quote]

I take mild issue with it being a “lottery” because all these kids have met a very high threshold already to be considered, then, they must have something sparkly or special.  Maybe even just a great funny essay.

Lottery suggests it is random, and it’s not, IMO. [/quote]

Of course it’s not an actual lottery. They aren’t pulling names from a hat.

But when there doesn’t seem to be clear rhyme or reason it begins to feel subjective, not objective.
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Unless you've read the application and are a part of the admissions team you're never going to know the 'clear rhyme or reason' for anyone getting into colleges. It's presumptuous to think you do and reductive to assign it to some external factor like race or socio-economic status.[/quote]

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