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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hindsight makes a lot of difference in how students and their families feel about applying to reaches.

My 2024 DC who was unhooked, had a high (but not perfect) GPA, 1510 SAT, interesting and authentic ECs (but not national awards or anything like that), was admitted RD to 4 ivies. DC is at Yale and is incredibly happy there. Of course our family feels like it was worth the application fees and extra essays to apply to these schools. I suspect that if DC hadn't won the lottery (and I do understand that it's a lottery), we would feel differently. But you can't ever know that unless you've taken a shot.
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Similar story here. 
High but definitely not perfect gpa (think some B+ in foreign language).
1500 SAT.

My kid’s EC/academic interests connected and were extremely unique, well-documented with a long trail of non-fancy (mostly non-kid) accomplishments - (meaning no-awards in the traditional sense). 
Creator of an operating small business (very small and local filling a community void, but real and definitely not fancy or a non-profit)
Non-traditional applicant without the bells & whistles of a traditional modern student - I’ve posted here before.

Admitted to 4 T20, including Ivy in RD last year.

Key = very authentic pointy interest that cannot be faked and seeped into every aspect of application. Not well-rounded at all.

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