For those that used connections, were they used at more than one school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I have gotten students that were accepted because the parents were connected. And obviously the community member that they know is important enough for the school to want to try to accept their child. Doesn't happen a million times a year but it happens a lot. Depending on the connection, it can be just as effective as being a sib, faculty kid or legacy.

How would you define "a lot"? 5%? 15%?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other words, your child is so outstanding that you didn't need any other angles?

18.08 poster again. Actually no. We did not know any better and could not have done things very diffrently even if we knew. Don't see the positive outcome as a result of anything but luck - as we know several other kids -- who we don't see as any less "special" or "outstanding" than our own DC -- with different outcomes.