Isn't the information about college admission confusing?

How do you know who has a strong profile and who doesn’t? Unless you’ve personally read the applications and essays, you really can’t know. Top colleges could fill their seats many times over with the number of high stats students who apply every year. So those who meet the academic bar have to show their fit in other ways.

Colleges look for students who will add to their campus community. You come from a wealthy family, so high stats are expected. What have you done with the opportunities you’ve been given? According to your other threads you don’t volunteer much. You raise money for causes, but don’t seem to get involved in the day to day ground work. You participate in athletics, not for the comraderie, teamwork, or challenge, but because it makes you more physically appealing.

You don’t seem to know much of anything about the prestigious schools you’d like to attend except that your parents will be full pay and they’re willing and able to pay. How are you going to craft essays that show how you match what they want if you don’t even know what that is?