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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The implicit racism in this thread and the Hopkins threadis quite something.  We have a black.student from our academically rigorous private (not in DC) who got into every Ivy this year, on full scholarship in high school and at college, single parent. She was a superstar the minute she stepped on campus at the private, one of the smartest kids in the class, class President umpteen times, leadership roles in many clubs, ran her own small business.

The elite schools are not trading down in talent  as they become more diverse.[/quote]

And many kids just like her were rejected due to their race.[/quote]
I don't think that is true.
The large-scale leadership component mentioned (class president, which is peer recognized) is missing from a lot of the borderline kids who have great stats and ECs. It is an issue for TJ and Big 3 kids who do a lot but look like joiners even if they head a club. Starting a small business is also impressive if there has been growth. A lot of kids can just list things like founded a non-profit, where there isn't much impact or growth they can point to.
The letters of recommendation for this student were probably VERY strong versus a form people use when a student is great but hard to distinguish from 10 others even in their high school. [/quote]

Original poster here and yes, exactly.  I don’t want to go into too many details and out the student, but regardless of race, she is the type of superstar that even the top privates have only once every five years or so.   Absolutely deserving of all her acceptances.

I’ll add that my husband interviews for another of H/Y/S, and there was a similar off the charts student at another private high school three or four years ago.  This student was Asian and she also got into multiple Ivies, including Harvard and Princeton.[/quote]

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