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Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 universities

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19 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 23:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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eunos ◴[03 Apr 25 23:29 UTC] No.43576700[source]▶
The American Universities college admission practices of writing "personal essays" without a clear metrics sure is very peculiar.
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klooney ◴[04 Apr 25 00:00 UTC] No.43576901[source]▶
It's how you keep the riff raff out.
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1. easterncalculus ◴[04 Apr 25 01:15 UTC] No.43577352[source]▶
It's how you keep the people that can't pay for 'consultants' that simply know the admissions teams out.