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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DMV privates, specifically talking about high-school level the most competitive 8-10* in our area, will always take the strong athlete over any other “extra talent” once a certain academic threshold is met. It’s just like college. These days the closest thing to a guarantee to getting in to a top private is to be a great athlete at many sports or a top player in one sport. It’s amazing how much athletic talent influences admissions these days.  Other talents like music, art, acting, robotics, coding, etc… just don’t seem to matter much at all in helping with admissions.  Why is this the case?  Is it a rarer talent?  Is it easier to use to boost a school’s profile?  Are we just an athlete-obsessed culture?

* Sidwell, STA, Potomac, GDS, NCS, Holton, Maret, Landon, independent Catholic HS (GP, SR, Visi, Gonzaga). [/quote]

You speak with such certainty. How exactly do you know this is the case? Any empirical evidence, or is this just an unfounded opinion?[/quote]

Im basing it off of an accumulation of factors:  acceptances of kids we know, posters on DCUM, current freshman class at my senior’s private, listening to what the coaches are saying about admissions, and considering where the top academic schools are putting their money (building beautiful athletic facilities). [/quote]

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