<p>He/She’s from an under represented nationality (where the first language is english). Siblings attended Loomis (top choice, only applying to two schools, the other one being Groton), parents have a huge fund there as well.</p>
<p>SSAT’s: 95%
Grades: Roughly around C average (Yes that is a C, I’ll explain later.)
CCA’s: None that I really know of, with exceptions of minor roles in school productions and an absolute beginner in tennis.
Rec’s: Honestly they won’t be very good. He/She skips school at least once a week and often arrives late for class (especially Math). His/Her relationship with our mathematics teacher is also not exactly great either, since he/she does terribly (in part due to some difficulty to understand concepts, but mostly due to an extreme lack of effort) and often stages some sort of argument. English should be somewhat better, since he/she’s a good creative writer, yet at the most his/her average grade in her is only a B. </p>
<p>So that’s pretty much about it. He/She claims to say the SSAT’s were extremely easy, yet I don’t know if the scores he/she told me were valid since he/she’s never shown me the paper (or if those are national percentiles). He/She isn’t exactly the model student, yet I suppose being from an under represented country and having extreme ties will help him/her. He/She has a line of promiscuous things going on in his/her social life, especially at school. I suppose you could classify his/her as the typical socialite with extremely rich parents.</p>
<p>Unless this person is really good at hiding all these things at the interview and the math teacher wants to kid out of school so badly she writes an amazing rec, I don’t know if either of you actually think he/she will get in, but don’t count on it…</p>
<p>mmm, thumbs down. I would confirm that ssat score also, if she can’t perform well in school it seems unlikely that she would get such a high score. sorry to be so straightforward, but this person is probably not going to get into these schools</p>
<p>He/She’s a really bright person and all, but he/she just falls into the group of friends and people from time to time. He/She isn’t very good at Sciences and Maths but she shows exceptional ability in literature and humanities. Unfortunately lack of effort and determination results in pretty bad grades.</p>
<p>yea these schools look for people that will contribute to their community. They will totally overlook the SSAT scores (if they’re true) and say no because a student like that, no offense, won’t contribute to their community.</p>
<p>you guys would be surprised… there parents “funds” is another way of saying paying the kids way into school. its a bunch of parents who want to get rid of there kid for 4 years… its called a “drop off.” the admissions no nothing of this childs social life except the good details. all the admissions know is a good test score and a generously large “gift” from the parents… the parents didnt just happen to give the school a boat load of money because they love the campus and think its a nice school. they are pretty much paying the school to take their kid away for a while.</p>
<p>No… It would be ridiculously stupid for some random person to donate a ****load of money. If it was a legacy and he/she gave a lot of money it makes sense. I was talking with a Princeton adcom and he said they laugh at random people who give a lot of money.</p>
<p>Money is not to be taken lightly but it will not assure them a spot at any school with a large enough endowment. It would have to be just as ridiculously large amount.</p>
<p>well one of my friends has like 3 classrooms at taft named after his last name haha, he goes there currently. i dont think he was smart enough to go.</p>
<p>no, i don’t think they were kidding…
obviously, it’ll be a bit easier to get in if you have money. BUYING your way in seems slightly unlikely, but seriously, at hotchkiss: do you think they’re going to reject anybody from the Mars family or the Ford family? obviously not.</p>
<p>& this year, being full-pay oughta help, what with all the financial aid rebudgeting and salary freezes…</p>
<p>well of course they’re not going to reject anyone from the ford or mars family, but are you saying that this person is from one of those families? from what i’ve gotten, this applicant is a socialite with rich parents-no mention of an important family name…</p>
<p>I’ts not completely hands down. What if his interview was amazing. That could boost him up right away. And AE looks for kids who can write well considering that most of the kids there are good at math and science. An under represented ethnicity and being a good writer makes him/her unique. If he says he will put his best efforts to succeed at AE, then I take it he can be considered competition for u guys.</p>