How Selective Is AEM?

I know on the website it says the acceptance rate is 7%. After taking into account the athletes and tiny class size, is it basically impossible to get into AEM without big hooks?

Somehow people do get in without…

Also, I’m told the have a preference % set aside for NYS residents, though I don’t know if that is true or wishful thinking!

@HRSMom Haha of course some people do get in without hooks but it seems so out of reach considering most athletes choose AEM and the incoming class size is only around 100. Makes me wonder how amazing these non hooked kids must be for a few dozen spots out of thousands.

I know, but, I have seen kids here say they did and are nothing super special?

Also, remember, they want to end up with 100ish. So they accept more to yield 100. They could be accepting 2 or 300 hoping to get 100.