<p>that they do not care if you made National Merit. “Lots of our applicants made National Merit”. We look at your GPA, and whether you took the hardest courses offered at your school.</p>
<p>without that GPA and hardest courses, they are not impressed with SAT scores. They want hard workers, not brilliant lazy ones. they want to see what you did with your potential, not that you have potential.</p>
<p>I’m quite sure their thinking hasn’t changed in 2 years, either.</p>