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<p>1) You’re delusional if you think that “type” of attitude turns prospective applicants and their parents off. If it does, they should probably stay away from elite universities. Prospective applicants and their parents should be well aware that when they’re looking at schools like UVA and other top schools, a grand majority of the kids who go to those schools think their school is the best. Take a look around collegeconfidential and I’m sure you can get a good idea of what I’m talking about (that is since you’re judging my attitude on this forum). Elite universities are full of kids who feel they’re above everyone, whether this is good or bad, I don’t know, it still doesn’t stop Harvard, Columbia and the likes from receiving well over 30,000 applications. I’m sure they’re really ~humble, lolz.
2) As I said, my little sister got a 29 ACT composite score (which is the 94th percentile). Cornell’s ACT range is a 28-32, she’s well within that range. “Nor is it uncommon for native Spanish speakers to score 800 on the Spanish SAT II” Thanks for assuming that my sister and I are both native Spanish speakers because actually our first language is English and we were instructed completely in French as we lived in France for most of our lives (12 years to be exact) and completed </p>