"I got in w/out being in TOP 10%"

Applying to College
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<p>who got in their top choices without being in top 10 %?
and tell us where you got in ? :p</p>

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<p>I'm interested in the same thing! And be sure to say if you had a hook or anything and what that hook was</p>

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<p>I got into University of Virginia (got a likely). I am in the top 20% (3.732/4.00 UW). I am African-American with an SAT score of 1860.</p>

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<p>I got in last year as a white out of state male at UCLA without a real hook (no sports etc), but I think mine must have been taking college classes in hs, but so many people do that. I was outside the top ten but around top 15% and a competitive public HS.</p>

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I was outside the top ten but around top 15% and a competitive public HS.

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What was your UC GPA? Was your SAT really high?</p>

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<p>UMiami
10char</p>

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<p>NYU - i am not in the top 10</p>

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<p>^^then you guys must have some amazing sat scores or ECs.</p>

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<p>I think you guys should start a thread for getting in w/o being valedictorian or salutatorian... Non-val/sal's are pretty rare at some colleges, but even then the kids would still have been top 10% in hs.</p>

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<p>Mcb: Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile</p>

<p>People out of val/sal are certainly admitted.</p>

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<p>I didn't know val was so important! It's like 45% admitted, and then 30% for sal, and then 18% for top 5 percent. That's a huuuuge difference... you could say that it's because of correlation with other factors for val vs top 5 percent, but not for val vs sal. Wow.</p>

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<p>top 50% and jhu right here!</p>

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<p>^ how is that even remotely possibe????? My school doesnt rank, but my rank is very similar to yours.</p>

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<p>I got into Miami as well, I was around in the top 15%.</p>

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<p>I don't really think that it's shocking that anyone gets into a school being outside the top 10%. At a lot of competitive schools, kids in the top 20% are better than kids in the top 10% from another, less competitive school. It really depends on the high school.</p>

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<p>I'm in the third decile (with massive upward trend) and will be attending Seattle University</p>

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<p>Any Ivy Leaguers not in the top 10% who weren't from Phillips or the Thomas Jefferson School (or schools of that caliber)?</p>

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<p>Well I do go to a competitive private where rank is distorted. And I did get a good SAT score and did apply ED. Hopkins took 48% this year so I guess I was lucky.</p>

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<p>Not in the top ten or even twenty got in at Cornell from Detroit Country Day. Decent SAT and ACT.</p>