So if I get to move past you even though your scores were two orders of magnitude higher than mine, you're ok with that? I went through it at your alma mater with a child who wound up being valedictorian at their final college destination. NHS, 800 math SAT, 24 AP credits, sports (future All-American), volunteer. Legacy and affirmative action was the reason I was given.
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Was this your child? and who exactly gave you that answer much less that someone with two magnitudes of order lower test scores was accepted instead of this child?
Btw, hope the kid knows what that math would be even if you don’t.
Was the kid not a recruited athlete at Dartmouth yet AA at another D1 school? Or DII or DIII?
EDIT: If one's primary differentiator as 'world class' at something is sports, if you're not offered a slot, it's seen almost as a rejection from the point of view of the Admissions office...they rely on the coaches and AD for those calls. The coach can let Admissions know that the recruit would be a likely walk-on, which can at least keep it neutral rather than negative, but the Admissions office has a limited number of selections to make of "world class" at something else...
Was the kid accepted a recruited athlete, or other special characteristics that would be valuable beyond race?
EDIT: I see that legacy is also mentioned now, didn't notice that when reading on phone earlier...
Legacy would most likely mean that someone with lower test scores was given a leg up over your prospect. Yup, that's been a factor...but gotta remember, only a fraction of legacy applicants get admitted, the cream of that crop so to speak...although there are, reputedly, the exceptions for 7 figure gifts...
But not 2 orders of magnitude...
But it IS why I'm predicting legacy admissions are going to get scrapped, at least at the best endowed institutions like all the Ivies are. But it ain't easy, as the multi-generational families have often been among the most reliable big money donors, new buildings, endowed chairs, etc.
Just below that group has been the athlete corps, also very reliable donor group for annual funds, and the occasional huge gift. On average, higher giving back...
At the end of the day, these institutions are businesses; endowments allow long time horizons, but they nevertheless need to be self sustaining for all of the foreseeable future not just a decade or two or three.
Again...note that this capitalist reality provides an inherent advantage to those predicted to be generous over the long term and those are from families with already accrued advantages.