Actually, a friend of mine. His stats:
SAT: 1260
ACT: 29
GPA: 4.0 weighted
Outstanding ECs
Great Recs
Don’t know about the essay, but I’m guessing it was excellent
Never underestimate the power of private schooling. 
Makes me laugh when I see people with 1500s getting deferred. This kid deserved it though. Good to see that admission officers look past inflated public school GPAs and standardized test scores and choose the best applicants.
<p>Umm, private school kids with better stats than that get deferred and rejected all the time...</p>
<p>Yeah, your argument makes no sense really.</p>
<p>If the public schools grades are inflated so much, why are you saying their standardized test scores are so great?</p>
<p>Well, I'm glad that Pton sees through just test schools and grades... I'm sort of in the exact same situation (although from practice tests and PSATs, my real SAT scores could potentially be very high) with grades and stuff. I got 2 B's freshman year and I'm hoping they'll look past that when it comes time for me to apply.</p>
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<p>Amount of logic in that sentence: 0</p>
<p>Ok, if they are "standarized" tests (AKA SATs, APs), how would only public school's have grossly inflated scores?</p>
<p>And nice assumption about public school's and inflated GPAs. I can say the same thing about private schools too.</p>
<p>hahahaha Everyone is getting all mad. Cry me a river. lol</p>
<p>I must point out that your logic sucks.</p>
<p>seems like you intend your post to be inflammatory, to make an incongruous post like that</p>
<p>Logic about what? I wasn't making an argument. Just saying a great kid with low standardized test scores got into Princeton ED. And it's undeniable that private schooling does offer some benefits: respectibility, often better Recs, builds character in a way public school does not, smaller classes, etc.</p>
<p>I never said that public school CCers don't deserve to get into the Ivy League, yet some of you are getting all mad. I never said "Private school kids are better and deserve to be admitted before high-scoring publics no matter what", but you uptight kids are getting all offended. I think it's funny.</p>
<p>Public school GPAs are inflated though. Colleges outside the Top 25 boast of admitting kids with average GPA of 4.0. hahahahaha. A little bit skewed IMO.</p>
<p>By the way NYCStudent, incongruous is my middle name. :)</p>
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<blockquote> <p>...builds character in a way public school does not....<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Huh? In what way can a private school possibly build character better than a public school? "Building character" is hard to define in the first place. It's what losing football coaches have been consoling themselves with for over a hundred years. But in any case, it is usually thought to involve self sacrifice for a higher cause and/or struggling to overcome adversity --> two things not normally associated with the atmosphere of privilege and prestige that so often permeates snotty prep schools.</p>
<p>Having attended both a 5A public school and a top 10 private high school, I do know that it's frustrating for both sides.</p>
<p>My GPA for my freshman year at the public school was insane. Best example would be my 125% in French II.</p>
<p>Most colleges know that a lot of private schools dont inflate their students' grades, which is why they ask for UW avg. At some point you have to depend on your college counsellor to be adamant about getting you in. </p>
<p>I thought School Profiles solved this dispute?</p>
<p>please leave... actually forget the please.</p>
<p>My public school has many nutty teachers that grade pretty hard. I don't know how private school builds better character. That's a ridiculous thing to say. If anything, public schools better expose students to real life.</p>