<p>Do HYPSMetc, ever accept students without national recognition like success in Siemens, Intel STS, etc who are not a URM or in poverty?</p>
<p>Stanford waitlisted me at least with none of that recognition, and I’m white. Though I may qualify for low income (I was a finalist for a couple of Quest thing, but never actually got the thing, and I also got school lunch free, also meaning I got application fee waivers, amazing things), my parents do own a couple of businesses.</p>
<p>Yes. None of the girls from my school who get into Ivies are URM, poor, or winners of a national competition. About 10-15% of each class (which is like 5-7 people) get into Ivies</p>
<p>So your question is, do HYPS accept anything under OUTSTANDING? Yes, they do. There aren’t that many seniors sitting around with national medals under their belts. Nor are there that many URMs with the stats needed to be considered.</p>
<p>No now don’t apply so there is less competition for me.</p>
<p>I wish people would just use common sense.</p>
<p>I know of 2 people in my school going to Harvard, one is for Crew. </p>
<p>The other played 2 varsity sports and dealt with the death of her father during her junior year. She wasn’t even one of the smarter kids in our class, but got in, probably had great recommendations and essays.</p>
<p>There aren’t that many national awards in the US. Most of the people I see going to Ivies are just smart, and a bit smarter to add in a bit of procrastination in their lives. None of those people were exceptionally brilliant or a URM.</p>