From my school, two people (my friend and I) are going to be applying to Columbia. We basically have the same grades (perfect transcript) and courses and extracurriculars. I have a more volunteering and internship experiences though.
The only thing is that she’s over a year older than me, since she once had to redo a grade.
Does that give me an advantage over her? I never redid a grade and I’m actually the youngest person in my class.
My response to your identical thread in the Yale sub-forum:
It’s not necessary to repeat the identical question on individual school websites, like any of them are going to treat a very generic issue any differently.