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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]THEY DO NOT CARE, DC is one and done 1580,  NMF, all 5 on AP, did not get in top 20[/quote]

Impossible to know what happened here without GPA, AP # and ECs.  [/quote]

Sure .. UW4.0, most rigorous, all AP/IB +magnet, Ok EC presidents of 3 clubs - related to major [/quote]

Must have bad teacher recs.  What happened?[/quote]

UCs don’t even accept teacher recs.

Some people on here seem desperate to hang onto the belief that the American system is just and rational. Sometimes that desperate need to justify an unjust system descends to the point that people assume some kid they don’t know must be defective. It’s appalling.

They’re all good kids. It’s a bad system. Highly-qualified kids fall through the cracks all the time. [/quote]

He was qualified by stats only. Not being admitted to ANY T20 with those stats means he wasn't compelling as an applicant, or he aimed too high early and then was an oversubscribed major in the RD pool (being another CS/Eng/STEM major male in RD can be the kiss of death if nothing stands about or is special about your application bc those spots are mainly gone by RD), with poorly customized (shotgun) applications.

Here's a warning for CS/Eng/Business and sometimes math majors: make sure your kid is competitive for your REA beyond the stats. The stats only get you in the door. After that, EVERYTHING else counts - and counts A LOT. 
So much other advice here (find the "lessons learned" long thread).
GL.[/quote]

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