<p>Like if you had straight A+', perfect 2400, and tons of ECs, would maybe a collge reject you?</p>
<p>Just for being too perfect?</p>
<p>Sounds silly, but I would like you hear your input.</p>
<p>It's very likely but probably not in the ivy's...I think it's called Tufts Syndrome or something...but remember, a ton of EC's is not as good as dedication or a passion to a particular activity.</p>
<p>If the college you're applying to has inferiority complex... yes.</p>
<p>It is called Tufts Syndrome, the reason being because of the fact that Tufts (I think) has started including applicant interest as a big part of their admissions criteria because they were getting sick of being used as an "Ivy safety."</p>
<p>Every top university is looking for applicant interest as part of the admissions criteria, however a top notch college rejecting a student who is even close to perfect is not at all probable. One's definition of perfect means that he/she elicits all strong characteristics including an inclination toward some field of interest (community service ec), strong essays, good grades/test scores, etc. However, it is probable that students with all of these characteristics or less may be rejected/waitlisted at schools that are not 'top-notch', just because the school does in fact have an inferiority complex (no interests evinced, just applying as a safety) or because the school feels the students will never actually enroll.</p>
<p>It happened to Opal Mehta!</p>
<p>Also, if someone is this perfect, there lie many dangers b/c top notch schools might reject for lack of passion in EC's as well as oh perhaps this kid doesn't have a life and lower schools might waitlist to protect their yield, thus a risk run by these statistically perfect students.</p>
<p>But usually the latter can be fixed by exhibiting interest while on the waitlist. And the former wouldn't matter, because our perfect candidate would have a very passionate EC (among the other, still very important, ones) and would write an amazing essay on it. :)</p>
<p>i think sometimes they do reject people for being too perfect. it happened to a couple of kids at my school. they were most definitely NOT lacking in any area.
there was this other person that had a near perfect record, but was not accepted because the admissions people said she was too arrogant in her interview.</p>
<p>Arrogance is not part of our perfect person :( </p>
<p>Disqualified.</p>
<p>Yea this girl from our town got rejected from Princeton b/c basically the only thing we can figure out is that her arrogant bi+ch personality came out in the interview b/c she was pretty much solid in every other field of importance: Acadmeics, EC's and Athletics. Oh that personality of hers.</p>
<p>do colleges ever check to see if too perfect people lie about stuff like ec's. they obviously would have a hard time lieing about sats, gpa, etc., but couldn't they lie about how many years they've done a certain activity or even if they did the activity? or about certain awards they've recieved? how do colleges know? that would suck if you got rejected because other ppl made stuff up.</p>
<p>no one's perfect, if you think you are, than you should learn some modesty.</p>
<p>One of my teachers who is a Harvard alumni who also conducts interviews told us about a girl he had interviewed this year, who to basically put it, was perfect. She started her own non-profit organization aiding Africans, immaculate SAT's, strong leadership and character qualities, etc. He basically told us that she was a shoe-in. But then time passes (and since Harvard alumni get the list on everyone in the area) he eventually finds out that she was waitlisted b/c Harvard found her suspiciously "perfect," catch my drift. So yeah...</p>
<p>If you have perfect stats, yes you could get rejected, and ive seen it. If you have perfect stats + good EC's, I highly doubt it.</p>
<p>I know someone with a 2400, 4.0 UW all four years, and the most rigorous course schedule ever. She was the president of three clubs, one of them being the president of an organization of the entire state of California. She was rejected from Yale EA.</p>
<p>"I know someone with a 2400, 4.0 UW all four years, and the most rigorous course schedule ever. She was the president of three clubs, one of them being the president of an organization of the entire state of California. She was rejected from Yale EA."</p>
<p>this proves more than enough that colleges will reject people if they are "too" perfect.</p>
<p>I don't think this has as much to do with being "too perfect" as it has to do with many qualified applicants where someone else who is still very good, (i.e, 2280 SAT, 3.9 GPA) looks to be more interesting in some other way or is a better fit than than the 4.0, 2400 SAT candidate.</p>
<p>I agree with the above post. There are so many other factors other than having "perfect" stats and EC's. Among the most important factors is the essay and teacher recommendations. The essay can make a 4.0 gpa, 2400 SAT candidate seem less interesting if it is not written well and it may make a person with lower stats to seem more appealing. Same thing with the teacher recs.</p>
<p>i think it's more of a thing about being too perfect on paper that will get a person rejected. it's kind of like dating, a person maybe perfect on paper, but something about them doesn't make them fully perfect to the eye, and sometimes admissions people see that.</p>
<p>being honest in the app. is the best way to ace it. Period. </p>
<p>No bragging or whining or arrogance or perfectionism. Just the truth.</p>