College Admissions Gone Awry

DanE0523
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:51:30 +0000

Case #1:
4.2 WGPA (3.9 UW), captain on varsity soccer and basketball team, pretty high SATs (not really sure but probably above 2200), dad donated $100,000 to dartmouth
Result: Rejected from Dartmouth

Case #2:
1450/1600 SAT, state champion swimmer, relatively high GPA (3.7-3.8), lots of legacy for Harvard (father, aunt, grandfather, others)
Result: Deferred ED and eventually rejected from Harvard because swim coach did not want him, accepted to Columbia

Case #3:
Something like 1200/1600 SAT, also state champion swimmer, probably low GPA (3.3-3.5)
Result: Accepted to Princeton

Moral: Life sucks