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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a side note, my two kids who had applied (and accepted to all the programs), I find their essays to be almost comical.  The things they wrote about was quite innocent and immature.  No fancy language.  If anything, a little whiny like most 13 year olds.  We certainly know kids who I would think are more qualified although I never asked about their scores so would not know for comparison purposes.  But it makes me wonder if admissions prefer to see a child tone, rather than something so well crafted and thought out.[/quote]

What were their grades/scores?[/quote]

Both are A students (but we were told most kids are A students in mcps) with lots of sports, music and too many non-academic random activities of their liking.  But they didn't win any awards or anything of sort.

My older one had extraordinarily high math scores.  It's been awhile so I don't recall - maybe around 310ish for math and 270's for reading.

My younger one, I think either upper 280's or lower 290's for math, and mid 250ish for reading.  He tells me kids always talk about scores at school and he never felt his scores were amazing compared to others.[/quote]

They got in because their scores were very high. Their essays were irrelevant. The essays only come into play if they are borderline.[/quote]

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My child with very high scores last year did not have a good essay but accepted to Blair stem, RMIB, Blair cap, both Wheaton programs[/quote]

And my kid was accepted at the exact same programs last year with MAP M in the mid 270s and MAP R low 260s but excellent essay. In my kid case I think the essay was important - some kids with similar scores did not get offers.[/quote]

You post all the time. Your kids scores are high but not outlier scores. I think everyone seems to agree that kids with outlier scores like the other PP will get in with bad essays that the admissions team probably doesn't even read but there are tons of kids with Map m in the 270s and a fair number with map r in the 260s although that's relatively speaking much higher. Many TPMS kids have Map m in the 270s and did not get in.
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I’ve never shared these numbers before and I’m not sure what your point is? I just said that for my DD, the essay was key because the scores were not outstanding. For kids with incredibly high scores, the essay was less relevant. It sounds like you agree? [/quote]

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