<p>Tokenadult, Interesting candidate you have. Im so new to this admissions process that I am reluctant to give my opinion but I think your candidate is too perfect. I think most adults are uncomfortable with the idea of the perfect student the problem your candidate may have is his/her unseen letters of recommendation. I work for a small university in their student health department. We have students working in the department as part of a work-study program (1/2 of the salary is paid by our department and 1/2 is paid by the university). It is interesting to read the letters of recommendation for these students. Many are written in a manner that makes it clear the student applicant is highly intelligent but lacks true substance. We now interview each applicant and write an interview summary before we read their job applications and rec letters. In 90% of the time our post interview summaries match the rec letters assessment of the student. My conclusion is that the persona of the extremely bright, overly driven, grade obsessed teen is often viewed negatively by adults.</p>