How does the admissions process work?

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all i know is that you’re critiqued by how well you strove for success with the resources in your area. they look at the candidates in context of where you come from, your hs, etc.

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<p>I have heard this many times from representatives from numerous schools including Harvard, Yale, MIT, Rice, Amherst, and Duke. They all say something a long the lines of “Every applicant is evaluated in context”.</p>