I have no idea, again debating post, but I am wondering about the increasing competitiveness to get into these schools, especially the technical ones, MIT, Caltech. I heard so many Chinese students are applying it is getting harder to get noticed. They have advanced math etc.
There was a child profiled in the news this year, came from Poland at 9, didn't know English, got into every school he applied, from Harvard to Stanford. Only school who turned him down was MIT, though I am not sure why he applied he wanted political science.
The scrapper that can prove himself/herself, who is willing to work for success. That is a hard profile to show.
My point, if there is one, is the child that can prove he/she is hungry to make something of themselves. I think that is the most attractive quality to a school now. They want the next Bill Gates who donates 150 million every few years. It pays for the upkeep and academic staff to keep being a high profile school.
Ren
