Are spectacular ECs with leadership positions necessary for Yale?

[perazziman]

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@Descartesz

And regarding preference for very high test scores, Brown’s currently posted data for the class of 2014 shows that they rejected 68% of their ACT=36 applicants and that those admitted constitute 2% of the class. That they did not take all of them shows that they also value other traits in applicants. That they could have taken all of them with plenty more room shows that there aren’t that many perfect score applicants. I imagine the Yale’s selection process is somewhat similar.

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<p>Do you think these schools could be making decisions after talking to each other? For example, a perfect score applies to Brown to study engineering, but also to MIT, CalTech, Stanford, etc. If Brown knows top school will admit that student, it would be better for Brown’s yield to reject this person and admit someone who whose first choice is Brown.</p>

[wjb]

<p>^No. Colleges make admissions decisions after evaluating the particular applicant in the context of what the institution is looking for. In fact, tippy top applicants are often admitted to multiple tippy top schools.</p>

[Iglooo]

<p>Descartesz - Interesting EC survey. My kid’s top three are all in one category, art; music dance writing. So much for diversity for this kid.</p>