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Originally Posted by KDCat
This makes it so hard to get in. They have far, far more kids who are qualified than they can accept. An applicant just has to hope that there is something in his/her application that catches the interest of the admissions committee. It's often something really random.
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Funny story about this: I have a group of friends who attended an excellent small liberal arts school with very competitive admissions (think Wesleyan, Lehigh, Bryn Mawr, etc). At orientation, the admissions director told the freshman class members that they all belonged there and would succeed, and if they ever doubted that, to come to her and she would remind them of why the school was the place for them.
Well, one of my friends was having a very rough time her sophomore year, so she did exactly that. The AD said, "Actually, you were an interesting case. We like to have a lot of breadth in our class, and we thought you would bring a unique perspective because you aren't afraid to be original, and you are someone who will steer your own course and take people with you if necessary."
My friend was dumbfounded. "Are you telling me," she said, "that I got into one of the best schools in the country because instead of playing a team sport, I was the high school mascot?"
True story.