<p>I think you need to know the principles of college admissions to have a good chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>For example, my friend thinks he's going to get into Stanford because he plays golf <--which he labels as a "leadership" position because he plays for the Auckland champs (which is like.. nothing), and because he takes Cambridge courses (B average). He's only applying to Stanford because "Tiger woods went to stanford.. so they like people that play golf. golfers are hard to find in america because it's not very popular there. So they will surely accept me!" LOL. And I have no intentions of correcting him..</p>
<p>If I hadn't known about this site, my ec would still only be varsity soccer with a C average. I thought (start of last year): 1400-1500 (old SAT) = entrance to upenn, jhu, duke.
1500-1600 = entrance to HYPS.</p>
<p>Thank god for CC!</p>