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[quote=Anonymous][quote=pbraverman]Even at the most competitive schools, there are very few kids who have scored in the 95+ percentiles across the board. And, just as Harvard turns away more 2400s than they accept, many of those independent school applicants are not offered spots. The reason is that every school I've ever known will consider scores in the context of other attributes: sibling status, diversity, a potential all-American in soccer or basketball, a student whose acting prowess is nationally recognized as early as eighth grade, or a kid whose charm is simply off the charts. Those aren't "invented" examples: I've worked with all of those kids. Schools will also turn down kids who are very obnoxious, or who have very obnoxious parents, no matter the test scores. I've seen that too, unfortunately. [/quote]

Where does that leave the majority of students--good kids with good scores and normal parents who are not future all-Americans or Broadway-bound? Is high school entry still the kind of glorified lottery that pre-K admission seems to be?[/quote]

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