<p>Yes, if they are also an interesting person that has several facets to themselves outside of academics only. But if all they did was study their brains out, take extensive SAT prep courses, take the SAT three or four times and superscore, and take 15 AP classes (with 5 of them being on-line outside of school) – then nope. I still remember the headmaster of my kids’ middle school telling a story about a senior she was interviewing (for Harvard): the girl was just like the OP described, and as the interview went on, the interviewer finally said “what do you do for fun?” and the girl was stymied. Hemmed and hawed for a minute. And the interviewer gently told her the interview was over, and encouraged her to “get a life outside of school.”</p>