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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which T25 selective colleges are most highly focused on EC achievement - impact, depth, national recognition? Kid has tremendous (non-Stem) achievement in one humanities area + congressional internship + co-founder of school club + leadership in student govt + national level awards in a non-recruitable sport. And one more impact-driven local humanitarian activity w/news coverage (dont want to reveal too much). Along with unique volunteer work for underprivileged population, aligned w/sport. And another internship. Which schools score highly for ECs in the review process? Stanford, I think? Anyone else?[/quote] The main cutoff is being in the top 5% in terms of academics. Not just GPA, but taking the most demanding courses possible. Last year a kid with patents, two published "best selling books" in humanities, venture capital funded startup in STEM, 1570 SAT, volunteer work and a ridiculous amount of other stuff shut out of T20. The parent surmised it is likely because they are not in the top 10% of the class although it is close. Private school and they were very confident of recommendation letters. [/quote] [b]Not true at our private for the top 5%….[/b] Your example shows a scattered kid? Stem startup and humanities books? And patents? Sounds confused about what they’re interested in? Hopefully this kid knew not to apply as a stem major???[/quote] CDS shows that 95%+ of admitted class at many of these are in the top 10% of their class. So a kid in the top 5% is fine. Sorry, I did not quite understand your point here. The scattered part is what first came to my mind, but the parent had a very expensive counselor to help, so I would assume they probably had a very well put together application. [/quote] I wonder if it the app may have come across as ‘too produced’. Of course, don’t know any context but the list reads a bit like there may have been fingerprints from parents and counselor. Private school, connections, etc. [/quote] Prob also a red flag? Maybe in the LOR? Also, why so many different "high achieving but unrelated things"? It looks like a kid who read r/applying2college and did what everyone else was doing? Patents? Really? That's so 2015. Also sounds like a STEM kid. Which will screw you from certain privates. Know your lane, how your high school is viewed, and pick majors appropriately.[/quote] The parent was pretty sure it is not the LOR. They did apply to STEM but the idea is the kid is also ridiculously strong in humanities and that is why the published book is supposed to address. My question is if not being in the top 10% of the school would ding a student like this. I thought the kid would be admitted just based on this, and even if academics are not tippy top the EC's would overcome that.[/quote] Usually, when this happens, there’s a stronger kid from the same school applying. Is that possible? Public or private school? Over represented state? Which schools did kid apply to? You really need something that’s truly unique and stands out. The major choice did not help this kid. They would’ve been better off majoring in something humanities… Like digital humanities, or something with the whole narrative surrounding it. Having both the strong stem and the published humanities is confusing. Would’ve been better off focusing on just one. [/quote]
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