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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child with over a 4.0 and similar SAT's was rejected from MacAlester, Emory,  and Oberlin.  Your child will not get into those schools.  [/quote]

And my 3.3. kid ('tho w/higher SATS -- above 2300) is at an Ivy.  There are so many factors involved that you can't lay bets.  At this point, OP and her DS are looking at schools and starting to put together a list, so it makes sense to cast the net broadly.  [/quote]

Your DC had no hooks?[/quote]

[b]No hooks. [/b] [/quote]

I find that hard to believe since I know kids with perfect SATs and higher GPAs who didn't get into an Ivy.  There had to be something about your child that made him/her stand out.   A sport or special talent, maybe?  [/quote]

[b]Well, SATs were close to perfect and he earned national recognition in a STEM-related competition, but, no, not a legacy, URM or recruited athlete.[/b]   [/quote]

That's still hard to believe with 3.3 GPA but... Congrats![/quote]

Some Ivies are more competitive than others.

That said, a kid who has won a recognition in a national STEM-related competition might be desirable to an Ivy with a strong STEM focus, if he put on the application that he was planning to major in something STEM, or maybe to any Ivy that is looking to boost its STEM reputation (Brown?).

The "national" aspect of the recognition is helpful here too.

Finally, if that 3.3 is in AP classes, or in one of the most challenging privates, that's different from a 3.3 in public honors classes or in a 2nd-tier private. (From what I know about area magnet acceptances, a 3.3 wouldn't have made it into an Ivy from an area magnet.) The top colleges have their own proprietary weighting systems and they may have scored this kid at more than 3.3, also the regional reps will be familiar with rigor at various area high schools. Also, I'm guessing the lower grades were in things like English and US Gov, and not in the STEM classes. [/quote]

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