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[quote=Anonymous]You have to request to see the file and I bet the answer will be several things you never would have expected.

A friend of mine said her niece in Canada had super great stats, ECs, etc., double-legacy at Penn and flat out rejected ED.

Ended up getting accepted RD at Harvard (after similarly shut out of other top schools), and was so shocked that her niece immediately requested the file as a freshman.

Turns out the likely reason she was rejected at Penn and others was that her school counselor wrote a very "Canadian" recommendation.  Wasn't bad, but just very meh...kid does fine at school, think the kid will do OK in college but not certain, etc.  I gather counselor recommendations aren't needed for Canadian colleges.

Harvard noted on the file that they have accepted some kids from the school and this is how this counselor has written every recommendation.  It's possible the other top schools had no real experience with this school and didn't understand that this is how the counselor recommendation looks for everyone from that school.

So...you never know what is happening behind the scenes unless you ask.[/quote]

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