>My son did well on the PSAT and he got multiple letters from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and other Ivies trying to lure him in.
It's worth noting here that colleges do make an effort to recruit kids from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
I know more than one affluent middle-upper class white kids who swept perfect PSATs, SATs, and SAT II's and who were rejected or waitlisted across the board at these four schools. From this kind of background, getting letters from top schools before applying is absolutely unheard of, and perfect/near perfect SATs are simply expected on their applications and mean nothing.
I mean, I support the decisions of most colleges to put considerable effort into recruiting kids from diverse backgrounds, but the point is, they definitely already do.
It's worth noting here that colleges do make an effort to recruit kids from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
I know more than one affluent middle-upper class white kids who swept perfect PSATs, SATs, and SAT II's and who were rejected or waitlisted across the board at these four schools. From this kind of background, getting letters from top schools before applying is absolutely unheard of, and perfect/near perfect SATs are simply expected on their applications and mean nothing.
I mean, I support the decisions of most colleges to put considerable effort into recruiting kids from diverse backgrounds, but the point is, they definitely already do.