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<p>My son had stats similar to Silverturtle’s – a 36.0 ACT and 240 PSAT (SAT not taken); he was rejected from MIT, Yale and Princeton. If I had to guess, I’d say that my son’s ECs were not sufficient – no statewide or national awards or competitions – to make the final cut.</p>
<p>He did, nevertheless, get into 4 top-20 colleges (with two likely letters) and decided to attend Brown. Brown’s open curriculum and self-deprecating sense of humor makes the school a perfect fit for him. In the end, he probably would have chosen it anyway. I don’t think that having gotten a couple of rejections was a big deal, since he could only attend one college anyway.</p>