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<p>Not to be argumentative, but how exactly do they do that? (Especially the FIRM part…) Seems like it would be tough at a college which may not have a lot of applicants from a particular high school.</p>
<p>Frankly, it sounds like a myth propagated to make everybody paranoid and raise the admissions committee to a god status. </p>
<p>I think the important thing is for kids to just try very hard to have their application fully reflect who they really are. All the hard stats? Well, at some point your kids own those and there’s nothing a parent can do about them. They’ll probably get into the schools they deserve to be at.</p>