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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Seems like the popular cheerleaders with straight As were the smart ones here. High rank without giving up their lives and grinding. They probably have not thought about you in years while you are still resentful of them over twenty years later. I can see who was the winner here. [/quote]

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