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Anonymous wrote:I am an HYPS alum who does a lot of interviewing. What the OP seems to have missed is that it is incumbent upon applicants to convince these universities that they have the passion, leadership potential, and abilities to change the world in some way. That is what they are solving for. The admissions process is not a quantitive ranking based on test scores and gpa. Harvard could fill its class several times over with students who scored 1500+ on the SATs but they choose to take other factors into consideration because they have a long and successful track record of identifying who is going to be a change maker in the world and that is what they solve for.

That said, your child seems to have the ability to attend a great university, receive top grades, and continue on to the grad school or industry of their choice. Things seem pretty good.

they want LEADERS. say and do whatever to show that.

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Anonymous wrote:Re the athletic hook, this year my DC's "big 3" there is NO overlap between the students who are recruited athletes and the students who are graduating "cum laude" (the top 20% of the class).

Colleges define “hooks” based on what they want. I have no dog in this fight (my DCs are all unhooked). I understand your frustration with the college admissions process but it’s wrong to throw shade at “hooked” applicants using bits and pieces of information you may have about them.

BTW cum laude at my DCs Big 3 isn’t a very good measuring stick to assess who “deserved” to get in somewhere and who didn’t. It’s based on 2.5/4 years worth of grades, includes coursework taken elsewhere (which isn’t included on the official transcripts) and doesn’t differentiate between difficulty of coursework taken (no weighted grades). Same goes for the valedictorian (only based on 2 yrs of grades). The school chooses how to award honors with the criteria they want - just as colleges assess applicants using whatever formula they want to use. Neither is more “fair” than the other.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the URMs going?

Right where they belong.

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Anonymous wrote:Athletes from these schools really don't have much of a "hook" getting into the "top" schools. Going through the process now with my kid. Highy desired by coaches almost universally, but can't get past the pre-reads because they're around the 25th percentile for the very academic schools. Middle of the pack "big 3" student and athletics not the hook everyone thinks it is.

Yeah, I don't think people understand that for the schools everyone on this Board worries about, you still need really strong academics to get into the top D3 schools, and to get into an Ivy, you need both the academics and to be a good enough athlete to compete at the D1 level. Everyone acts like that's nothing. I don't get it. When DC graduated a Big3 several years ago two classmates were recruited to play a sport at top Ivies. They were really strong athletes, who had worked really hard at their sports, but also had always taken the hardest classes and had high GPAs. It was not as if they just wandered in and said "here I am."

I don’t think you understand the amount of parental time and resources a kid needs to have access to in order to be recruitable for most d1, d2 (often forgotten!), and d3 sports. Additionally, a lot of the sports that you can get recruited for garner no fanfare whatsoever.

Anonymous wrote:21:16, it seems a little pretentious to suggest that HYP know how to identify the ruling class when it is well established that a significant portion of the class is dedicated to identifying a backup linebacker or a right fielder.

Anonymous wrote:I am an HYPS alum who does a lot of interviewing. What the OP seems to have missed is that it is incumbent upon applicants to convince these universities that they have the passion, leadership potential, and abilities to change the world in some way. That is what they are solving for. The admissions process is not a quantitive ranking based on test scores and gpa. Harvard could fill its class several times over with students who scored 1500+ on the SATs but they choose to take other factors into consideration because they have a long and successful track record of identifying who is going to be a change maker in the world and that is what they solve for.

That said, your child seems to have the ability to attend a great university, receive top grades, and continue on to the grad school or industry of their choice. Things seem pretty good.

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Anonymous wrote:If u think big 3 are bad, Maret is an abomination. As in, people wouldn’t apply if they knew the results.

Word.

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Anonymous wrote:If u think big 3 are bad, Maret is an abomination. As in, people wouldn’t apply if they knew the results.

Word.

What are examples?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If u think big 3 are bad, Maret is an abomination. As in, people wouldn’t apply if they knew the results.

Word.

Anonymous wrote:If u think big 3 are bad, Maret is an abomination. As in, people wouldn’t apply if they knew the results.

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Anonymous wrote:If u think big 3 are bad, Maret is an abomination. As in, people wouldn’t apply if they knew the results.

JFC, WTH is wrong with you?

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Anonymous wrote:Athletes from these schools really don't have much of a "hook" getting into the "top" schools. Going through the process now with my kid. Highy desired by coaches almost universally, but can't get past the pre-reads because they're around the 25th percentile for the very academic schools. Middle of the pack "big 3" student and athletics not the hook everyone thinks it is.

My son has a different take. He used to tutor a kid early in high school who was admitted to an Ivy for sports. My kid, the tutor, would not get into an Ivy (despite 1550 SAT, highest rigor, and high grades) but this kid did for sports. Based on DS’ interactions with the recruit, he is pretty sure his stats are on the lower side and knows he takes easier classes.

Fwiw, my kid recognizes the athletic talent of this kid, which is worth something too. And, he is happy for his success. But the system seems a bit out of whack when a kid who is smart enough to teach the other kids, can’t even get a look from the same schools.

Well Ivies are pretty clear that character matters, maybe the fact that your kid has so little ethics that he’d gossip about someone he tutors shone through in his application.

Gimme a break. My kid talked to me about it. And, as I mentioned, he was happy for the kid - that is why he brought it up to me. Please read more carefully.

Oh sorry he’s not an asshole. He’s just someone with no judgement about who is safe to talk to and who will betray his confidence.