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by csa 1894 days ago
> Parsing through 37,601 (and accepting only 1500) applications without standardized testing sounds incredibly difficult.

While the task is daunting, it’s not quite as bad as you think when well over half of the applications are almost instant rejections.

> If I were a teenager trying to get into a top school these days, my anxiety would be through the roof. Can't imagine the extracurricular work you have to put in now.

It’s quality not quantity. So many people miss this point.