I just applied this year, and was incredibly pleased to get accepted. (woo!)
The thing is, my grades weren't stellar. Don't get me wrong, they were great, and I was ~15th in my class-- but people had better. Similarly, I only had a 2010 on the SATs after taking it twice. (To be fair though, I did have good AP scores)
Yet, with all that, I was the only one in my class to get in, out of 6. That group included the valedictorian, and saledictorian--heck, I was the only person not in the top 5%. And, I've been the first person to get in from my school in at least the last 7 years.
And, for what it's worth, my extracurriculars were relatively flat: only one language (French), no instruments, no athletics, no arts.
I just applied this year, and was incredibly pleased to get accepted. (woo!)
The thing is, my grades weren't stellar. Don't get me wrong, they were great, and I was ~15th in my class-- but people had better. Similarly, I only had a 2010 on the SATs after taking it twice. (To be fair though, I did have good AP scores)
Yet, with all that, I was the only one in my class to get in, out of 6. That group included the valedictorian, and saledictorian--heck, I was the only person not in the top 5%. And, I've been the first person to get in from my school in at least the last 7 years.
And, for what it's worth, my extracurriculars were relatively flat: only one language (French), no instruments, no athletics, no arts.