<p>My daughter knew a kid like that who was accepted at Wharton, with a ton of supplemental academic support pre-enrollment. A really extraordinary kid – there was an article in the paper that basically described him as the greatest kid ever, and my daughter said, yeah, after meeting him, it took her about 5 minutes to decide he was the greatest kid ever. 4.0 unweighted GPA, toughest curriculum at his (bad) school, did everything at the school including wearing the mascot costume at sports contests, came from really, really mean streets and refused to let that affect him in either direction – participating in street culture, or condemning it as a way of separating himself. Extremely well-spoken. 1100 SATs (out of 1600).</p>