In my humble opinion... ...

The #1 factor for getting into HYPS is luck.

I read an article somewhere about how Harvard fill its 1600 or so spots each year. At the end, you only have about 300 - 500 students get in per their merits only.

Out of 3 MM or so HS graduates plus thousands international applicants, I will think many have the exact set of hook or light spot or whatever.

A girl from our D's HS has been accepted to H this year. She is an Olympic level swimmer and has a 4.0 UW GPA. It might as well as that difficult to get in.

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• 我儿子学校连续两年进哈佛的都是中国人。 -nowhere88- ♂ (117 bytes) () 12/28/2007 postreply 08:34:11

• 是的，好学生很多； 这些学生今后应该前途都不错。 -nowhere88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2007 postreply 08:36:34

• 没错！越顶尖，luck越重要！ -jellybean3- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2007 postreply 09:23:04

• 可以用钱买运气就好了。 -18003721- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2007 postreply 10:55:07