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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really curious what the “lackluster ECs” are for the maybe-amazing kid of PP.

Is there *any* leniency on ECs for unhooked at t20? Sounds like no, no matter how high the stats/rigor. [/quote]
to get into T20, you need like national award type ECs, or start an organization (a real one), done published researched, student body president, or something else spectacular.

Normal ECs like debate, mock trial, robotics club .. these aren't going to cut it, even with high stats.[/quote]

This is just not true. My dc was admitted to multiple ivies this year and has none of the first group. He did do a LOT of the second type and put a ton of energy into them.[/quote]

DP with the same experience. DC has several unhooked friends headed to Ivies and other T20s from public high schools with scores in this range and this same “BMOC” EC profile. At least one STEM major, too. [b]Maybe it takes crazy ECs from a few hyper-competitive high schools in the DMV [/b]but not for most people from most places. And we are in the DMV too, just not in a school zone where people move “for the excellent schools.”[/quote]
This is key. Remember, the applicant is competing with those from the same area/school.

We joke we should've moved to Podunk, Nowhere so that DC could've gotten into a T10.  But, DC said they liked that they were challenged in HS. They would've been incredible bored at a non magnet, and possibly, have lost interest in academics.

As you stated, if your DC was a BMOC profile then that makes them stand out.[/quote]

Don't be fooled by podunk locales. There are many extremely driven asian students that get plucked from Nebraska, Kansas, Arizona, etc. My son went to ISEF finals and all of the kids were asian from these locations, parents are doctors at some of the small city hospitals (Kansas City, Hershey, PA, Reno, NV etc.) or professors and they dominate those schools. Many had MIT, Stanford, CIT, Harvard siblings that traveled along a similar path. A lot of these states value science fairs and National History Day competitions and the like and colleges love them. [/quote]

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