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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was in the top 1/3rd of my public magnet and got into HYP. UMC white kid; no legacy (except parent who was a law student at one) and no hook. Scores and activities (especially accomplishments therein) matter. The difference between 1 and 9 at a big, good public HS is miniscule, especially if it didn't adequately reflect course load difficulty.[/quote]

I finished within the top 10 at my public HS - I had eight APs with 4s or 5s. Our valedictorian and salutatorian both had 10+ APs. He went to a pretty generic middle-class/working class HS in California.

We were so pissed that two of those in the top 10 were popular cheerleaders who had taken ZERO AP classes. They took a couple honors classes in grades 9 and 10, but then just the regular gen-ed classes in junior and senior years and so they coasted on easy A's which gave them a high unweighted GPA.

So yeah, these types of games definitely happened back in the 80s and 90s where class rank really didn't tell the whole story. I'm sure Sandberg had a fantastic admissions interview - she's quite charismatic and engaging. My working class ex (no hooks, other than dedicated love of musical theater) got into Harvard because of the strength of her interview with a local alum. Again, super charismatic for a HS senior. [/quote]

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