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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School context matters.  If it's a top feeder like Harvard Westlake, there is nothing to worry about.  They sent 3.2 to Chicago.  [/quote]

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Op should search that “levels” post about national private high schools.[/quote]

There is no school in the country where unhooked kids from the bottom half of the class are going to Chicago.  None.[/quote]

A kid with the kind of math EC's OP mentioned has a hook.  [/quote]

No that isn’t a hook.  Hook is donor family, first gen, Pell grant eligible, athletic recruit, or legacy.[/quote]

A hook is something that gives you a significant advantage relative to others with similar stats.  An impressive accomplishment, like being accepted to Ross/Promys/SUMAC will definitely help.  It doesn't make it a sure thing, but then of course, neither do any of the things you listed.[/quote]

Perhaps a big spike.  
A hook is meritless.  A spike is based on merit.[/quote]

A spike helps at the top schools when everything else is in range, it isn’t going to be enough for a kid who isn’t remotely close in terms of gpa with respect to their own classmate.

No top 20, and likely no T50 is taking a kid with multiple Bs and Cs who isn’t in the top half of their class, no matter what the crazy trolls claim about Harvard Westlake.[/quote]

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