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4th house, you almost make my point for me. Spotless stats don't mean crap, just as not being what the casting director has in mind. Johnny Depp may be a better actor than say Leonardo DiCaprio, but he wasn't the right person for the part in Titanic. The log-roller may be a much more interesting person (I'm assuming) to bring to the campus instead of yet another violin/piano science/math Asian.
Your value as a member of an admitted class is not whether you have a 33 or a 35 on your ACT. That is negligable. What matters is the rest of what you can bring to the table.
My D, submitted her ACT score, 33. Were there students with a 34,35,36 that got rejected? Of course there were. Her school thought that the other things she brought to the table were more valuable than theirs. She had leadership for several years in the few clubs she was in, was a state finalist for four years in her sport, and is majoring in something that is not common.
Is there really a difference in the student who gets a 33 versus a 35? Yes there is, the rest of the application.
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