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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Accepted!
No-hooks affluent white male
In state, NOVA
1410/33
4.2 weighted gpa
Very rigorous courseload at [b]underperforming public high school ([/b]over 50% free/reduced lunch)
One varsity sport and one other leadership extracurricular [/quote]

What does an ‘underperforming high school’ have to do with anything? [/quote]

Students are evaluated within the context of his school.  So if he's one of relatively few taking rigorous courses and doing well he will have a better chance of admission than a student taking the exact same courseload with the same stats at a school where a larger percentage of the students are equally strong.[/quote]

For the right kid, there is a far better chances of getting into selective colleges from the high schools considered to be lesser on these boards. It kind of cuts against buying the house in the best school pyramid you can afford when your kids are in kindergarten.  [/quote]

My 36 ACT kid with hi gpa and strong ECs from MD was denied. He attends a private school where half his classmates are VA residents. Understandable outcome. [/quote]

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