@marcoContreras - One was ED, one was RD. Both were 4.0 unweighted GPA, and @ 5.0 weighted. One scored @ 30 on ACT the other a 34. One of them won art awards, the other had poetry published in an anthology. One took 12 AP tests and scored all 5’s, other took 8 AP’s and scored seven 5’s, one 4. They both played varsity sports in HS, were in Honor Society and a bunch of other ECs, and no leadership positions. No time for jobs, soup kitchens or other charity work, and neither interviewed.