Limitations and risks of elite admission standards

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@nikeswooshguy

I doubt that more than a few dozen students with GPA/SAT scores outside the typical Harvard admit (700-800 on each subsection) range have impressive ECs that the rest of the applicants can't match.

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<p>That's an interesting empirical statement, and a plausible one to me. The one kind of EC that might be an exception to that statement (and is already known to be a good channel to Harvard admission) is sports at the NCAA Division I level.</p>