Who, in your honest opinion, has a better chance of getting into a good college?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>a. the guy with outstanding academics (2400 SAT, straight A's, val, nearly every class AP) and little to no EC's</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>b. the guy with mediocre academics (not so good SAT, 3.0 GPA, maybe 2 or 3 AP's) BUT outstanding EC's (captain of several varsity teams and clubs, playing at Carnegie Hall, won some major national awards, Olympics, etc)</p>

<p>Note I do not mean HYPS/Ivy League type schools... but let's just say... UC Berkeley/UCLA type caliber.</p>

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<p>B.</p>

<p>ESPECIALLY in California.</p>

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<p>B /<em>WeEEEEEE!!!</em>/</p>

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<p>B (how did you not get a 10char error ^^) hehe</p>

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<p>You guys are scaring me.</p>

<p>*<em>@</em>#%$&$@<em>$</em>@!!!!!$&#@&%)% !</p>

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<p>Yup. B. </p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>B. Carnegie Hall, olympics? No contest.</p>

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<p>WTH, Carnegie Hall and Olympics. B is one crazy ass mother****er.
B has a better chance, but A has good chances as well.</p>

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<p>olympics? that kid could get in on athletic ability alone</p>

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<p>B! (10 char)</p>

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<p>B
cmon olympics? thats like ultimate shoo-in</p>

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<p>B sounds like a spicy hot attribute, alright.</p>

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<p>B, I think...</p>

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<p>Both would get into UC Berkeley/UCLA.</p>

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<p>Ah... some people have made me feel slightly better. Thanks.</p>

<p>Let's change the question a bit.</p>

<p>a. the guy with outstanding academics (2400 SAT, straight A's, val, nearly every class AP) and little to no EC's</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>b. the guy with mediocre academics (not so good SAT, 3.0 GPA, maybe 2 or 3 AP's) BUT outstanding EC's (captain of several varsity teams and clubs, won some major national awards)</p>

<p>Note that Olympics and Carnegie Hall are omitted. Hopefully that makes things a TAD harder.</p>

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<p>That makes the playing field pretty much level I think.</p>

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<p>Hmm, now A has the upper hand IMO.
But the "major national awards" gives B good chances as well.</p>

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<p>well now that u changed it i think its 50/50</p>

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<p>I believe both would get in a school on par with the UCs. However, when it comes to the Ivy Leagues like Harvard and Princeton, neither would get in. This reallys sucks because I don't seem to be as good as either fake person.</p>

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<p>Depends on the awards. </p>

<p>Unless the national award is something like USAMO or IMO/an equivalent than A wins.</p>