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<p>But, I’m not really sure this is all that true.</p>
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<li> Legacies</li>
<li> Athletes</li>
<li> Diversity of studies</li>
<li> creative talent: theater, arts, dance, music</li>
<li> hard sciences</li>
<li> math</li>
<li> humanities</li>
<li> pell admissions</li>
<li> diversity of race</li>
<li> diversity of location (part of country, town, etc…)</li>
<li> international admissions</li>
<li> children of famous people</li>
<li> famous people</li>
<li> award winners.</li>
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<p>There are how many spots in each Ivy? </p>
<p>There are so many things they are trying to do here. I think if we take off our own filter for what is or is not important, the decisions become less baffling and more a matter of cherry picking the people they “need” for the spots they are trying to fill.</p>
<p>That said, if this many people scrutinized every single hiring decision you ever made? They might find you prefer to hire people you also have a good chemistry with. You might not hire some guy or gal who did not appeal to you, when there were people equally qualified with whom you got along. Life is like that. College admissions at this level are also like this.</p>