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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school parent of senior here.

I understand at very selective schools for the first pass, AO for our region will compare all apps from region. What comes next?  My question: do they then compare all the kids from one school?

If so, for t20 schools, do they create a spreadsheet or other AI to compare rigor /grades etc

I already know one AO will generally handle all applicants from the same school. Would they manually sort the files by rank/rigor even if the HS didn't calculate it?

Think this really comes in to play when 10+ kids applying ED to one school…

Wondering how it plays out. Anyone with inside knowledge?[/quote]

Your DC's school is on the AO's radar. The AO will know how to read the transcript, including rigor. A few years ago, 20 girls, including our DD, wanted to apply to a specific Ivy. Our DD was probably in the top 3 of the students applying. The CC, a former AO for an Ivy, made an off-hand comment to DD a week before apps were due, "you will be okay not getting in ED, right?" That finally made it real for DD. She went back to her original T20 not Ivy ED and was done.

Only 2/20 got in ED. One was in top 3, the other was not, but a steady first gen student with a compelling family story.  [/quote]

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