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GA2012 mom, I didn't mean to offend. My point was that "spotless stats" doesn't give too many people a leg up if 90% of 30,000 applicants has them (I use 90% bc Penn claims that that's the percentage of applicants who are qualified for admission to Penn which leads me to my next point). There has to be some that they narrow down the applicants because on some level, they start blurring together for adcoms. My "names in a hat" theory was only a metaphor meant to demonstrate the fact that there isn't a perfect formula for college acceptances to ivy leagues and furthermore, ivy leagues will accept whoever adds diversity to the student body as long as this person's "formula" adds a sufficient and more importantly, unique dimension to their stockpile . So there. The discussion has come full circle.
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