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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not a college consultant. Just helping a kid mostly with essays. Has received interviews from 4 of HYPSM. Crazy how an outside adult looking at essays can help so much.

When I read her first essays, I was like you sure you want to apply to MIT? Because this essays says you don’t want to go there! She had not realized. Just so many more stories like that. I helped her put her best foot forward and wondering if I should do it for $ now. Tbf she had a few not-so-spectacular awards, but her app would have been put into the reject pile based on her essays. It might be worth it to ask someone outside your circle to read essays. The rest you can do yourself! [/quote]

Huh?  Whether a kid gets an interview from HYPSM is predicated on availability of alumni interviewers, not on quality of application (for HYP at least, I don't know Stanford/MIT's processes as well).
  
Legacy/"developmental admit (aka super rich kids)"  will sometimes be able to finagle an interview with an actual admissions officer which is more helpful.
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