Which course of action should I take?

[mountainhiker]

<p>^^^I think this is a very informative quote from the blog entry linked above:</p>

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In fact, in a certain sense you could say that our job, as an admissions office, is emphatically not to admit the “best students” to MIT, but rather to admit those applicants who will become the best MIT students. We are selecting the right mix of ingredients from which MIT graduates will be produced. This is why, incidentally, David put so much emphasis on making the most of your opportunities. Because we don’t care about what you’ve done so far as much as we care about what you’re going to do at MIT.

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<p>Insert “prep school name” in place of “MIT” in the above quote, and this is totally applicable to prep school admissions.</p>