Admission Stats 2010--Read 'Em But Don't Weep

shutterflee
Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:11:10 +0000

It’s been frustrating for me, 2350 SAT, 780-800 on 4 SAT II’s, NMF, 12 AP’s thru senior year, 3.9 uw gpa, most rigorous courses, 2 varsity sports incl national competition in one and rejected by HYPS. The hard part is the majority of the 12or so kids from my school getting into these schools are either legacies or URM or have some special situation ($$$$$), and many of them are lower academic achievers including some that are way lower. The whole deal with take the hardest courses, challenge yourself, do well and you’ve have all the choices seems kinda hollow. I understand bringing in athletes or students that excel in a particular area, but legacies really haven’t acheived anything themselves.

My other question is, I know students frequently stretch their heritage and claim some % of some minority, does that enable the college to count them as that minority?