| OK...go away for two days and a thread like this crops up!!
I'm not a math/techie person...so for those who are, please don't get offended. My guess (and it's only a guess) is that this student's application came across as single dimensional...techie oriented math and science sorts of activities. I didn't see anything about GROUP endeavors...everything was solo (piano, kungfu, research). Where were the humanities interests? Where was there any indication of the ability to work as part of a group? And lastly...what about the writing?? The tech schools "may" have looked more heavily at the "tech" sorts of pursuits this kid had. Thus the acceptance at Cal Tech (which I agree can be harder for some students than the Ivies).
Still...he got accepted to Rice and Duke, both fine schools. Did he get any scholarship recognition from either school? That would be interesting to find out.
Re: the Presidential Scholars...I didn't note anywhere that this student got his "perfect scores" in a single sitting. |