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that might be true, however I’m not sure people realize what a small group this is… I think something under 500 per year has a 2400, and I’m guessing that only half of those have a perfect academic record, which brings this group to 250.</p>
<p>I should have qualified what I mean by perfect academic record as well… by that I mean that an applicant has straight As in the most demanding curriculum the high school has to offer. That generally means As in 8-12 AP classes (or similarly rigorous classes is private schools that are not AP), but not at schools that don’t offer them of course.</p>
<p>If there are those with Stats like that that are denied anywhere, I would be confident the denial would revolve around reservations about the person’s character revealed in leters of rec. That’s why I qualified it with “unobjectionable personal traits”. Such traits woud include a reputation for cheating/dishonesty, having been convicted of a crime, for grade grubbing, or for being mean spirited or otherwise anti-social.</p>