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To: elmatador who wrote (65796)	7/1/2005 5:17:51 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) of 74559

I think it has got really silly but grades are a prerequisite to getting into a top US school obviously, but seems they don't want lots of nerd/swots. Our school talks about looking for "leadership" and a lot of our students were good in sports at high school. so the top schools want all round people. And "diversity" counts too. Not neccessarily racial. At the undergrad level admissions officers choose students. At the grad level professors make the decisions. I am grad director for my department. There are two classes of scholarships: merit and need. At the top universities the average student is paying 1/2 to 2/3 of the stated tuition. Good, poor students pay the least. It could turn out that for an out of state (or US) student the top state schools like Berkeley could be more expensive than the top private school. The gap isn't as big in price at least as it seems. A good guide is published every year by US News and World Report. You can buy it online with the full data set for about $15. I am sure there are plenty of books to coach parents and students about how to get into the top schools.

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