What are his Chances?

newyorka
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:00:34 +0000

Honestly, I did not miss the challenging course load. Unless they are truly delusional, everyone applying to HYPSM and other top schools took the hardest possible load.

I think many here just don’t understand that it is not nearly enough for top schools. They could all fill 5 classes with kids with 4.0/2350/12 APs etc. Those things are great if you want Tufts, Cornell and Northwestern.

At the ivies once they eliminate the 20% of unqualified applicants they are left to cherry pick kids with truly unusual accomplishments-kids who started foundations that have raised millions, artists who have had showings all over the world, kids who have recording contracts with Sony, the girl who started a business selling my space decorations and made millions …

Half the class are more normal kids-the recruited athletes, legacies, URMs, staff kids. The unhooked are world class at something.

Ugly, but true.