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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know where connected/legacy/big donors’ kids go. How about academic superstars who are unconnected and full pay with top teachers’ recs? This is a kid loved by teachers in the toughest most advanced subjects, asked to be TA where 95% of classes don’t have a student TA, who has 3.9 GPA where no one gets a 4.0. Otherwise unconnected, no sport, not URM, nothing special ECs (head of robotics club, part-time job type stuff). We know it won’t be Ivies, Stanford, MIT, but where? School sends at least 20% to top 10 schools each year, 50% to top 25; we imagine they are mostly legacy. [/quote]

Possibly Michigan with a strong "Why Michigan" reason.  Geography or past acceptances fron her school might help a little? Especially if LSA.

Play up the TA thing.

Michigan is big on robotics but has lots of female engineers.  The EC will have respect but be typical like captaining a sport.  
Could write an essay around "leading" peers on the robotics team.  The "leadership style" will be of interest.

You need to give DCUM more info on what your DC wants from a college, not just worry about where can she get in.  I do believe that the credibility of an app matters a lot, even if the candidate has generic "chance me" stats.[/quote]

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