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[quote=Anonymous]The kids' analysis: just a lot of smart guys this year (STA had about a dozen national merit finalists this year and scads of commended students), with a smattering of very smart athletes (a baseball player going to Princeton, a couple of rowers at other schools).  I think there are some legacies, but someone pointed out to me that one student this year who was admitted to an Ivy early as a legacy was academically strong enough that he also won a Morehead Scholarship.  So although my impression is that the "legacy" thing wasn't a major factor (the kids who got into a parent's school also got into other non-legacy Ivies, for example), it sounds like those who are legacies also have the objective stats (GPA and SAT scores).

Apparently this really is unusually good and nobody (okay, the kids, but they seem to know what they are talking about in this regard!) expects next year's college admissions picture to be anything like it.  That does comport with my observation that at these smaller schools there can be a big difference year to year in just how strong the graduating class is.

Still, I was impressed.  [/quote]

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