Is everyone at HYP perfect?

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<p>I am (or thought I was) an eligible applicant for the Ivies. I thought I had the right balance of grades, test scores and ECs to get into these schools (even HYP). Evidently I was wrong. </p>

<p>After seeing this,
Most</a> Impressive Harvard Students - Business Insider
I on the verge of giving up on this whole "making my decision" thing. </p>

<p>I mean come on--I've done damned good for someone from unfortunate circumstances-- but I'm not these guys. Seriously? Cancer Research? Concert pianist? An astronaut? (NOTE: I duly commend all of these fantastic young men and women on their vast, vivid accomplishments.) But if everyone there is so (cant even find the word), i don't know if I should apply. Are they all this perfect?</p>

<p>I've done the best I could with what I have. I guess I'm not good enough.</p>

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<p>Everyone isn’t like that. These are probably the top 10% at Harvard.</p>

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<p>thanks for the reassurance, xp.</p>

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<p>There are plenty of legacies, athletes, and others that weren’t qualified going to those schools.</p>

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<p>Its just that roaming the threads in this forum and on other sites can really get a brother down.</p>

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<p>If scrolling through the forums makes you depressed, welcome to CC.</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply, TS1125.</p>

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<p>No, none of them are perfect.</p>

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<p>None of them are perfect, even if they seem like it. Keep your head up, you never know who’ll get in-it just might be you.</p>

<p>Yea, don’t worry, pretty much every high schooler here has been in your place at some time or another, wondering if they’re good enough for community college let alone HYPSM after reading about stuff on here, but after awhile you’ll get over.</p>

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<p>At any large college you are likely to find some students like those in the article.</p>

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<p>“I thought I had the right balance of grades, test scores and ECs to get into these schools (even HYP).”</p>

<p>A lot of people think that. Most Ivy applicants have 3.8+ GPAs, 2100+ SATs and are very involved in extra curriculars. Yet admit rates are often less than 10%. Unless you’re really hooked (legacy, minority, athlete, etc), don’t think you have a “good chance.” HYP is almost always a reach.</p>

<p>I’m not saying you won’t get in. Write some stellar essays and you could possibly get accepted. But do not EXPECT to be.</p>

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<p>That’s certainly true</p>

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<p>I actually knew another kid at UCLA who was far younger than us (he was a sophmore at 15.) He’s either 17-18 now, and perhaps has now graduated from UCLA.</p>

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<p>EVERYONE? Hello, read the title, where they mention that they are highlighting 22 students.</p>

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<p>lol definitely not</p>

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<p>I’ve heard admissions people from high level schools including HYP state that they are not trying to make a class of perfect people, but rather they want to create a class filled with a group of people with diverse attributes, interests and talents. While nobody is assured of getting into these hyper-competitive schools, don’t be discouraged by a tiny number of extraordinary students who have been highlighted here.</p>