<p>m2ck: disagree… for my neck of the woods, my income is upper-middle-class</p>
<p>That’s not how SCHOOLs will look at your income. They don’t take into acct “region”.</p>
<p>One kid she knows got into Penn with a 2040 SAT and no obvious hooks. She thinks, "if X, why not me</p>
<p>well, if she doesn’t mind doing all the apps. She really doesn’t know the “ins and outs” of this kid’s app. And his M+CR may be much higher. Or he may have a major that needs more students.</p>