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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is horrible.  It puts you in a position for your kid to be rejected because some admissions jerk sees him/her as “a perfect fit for The Heights” (just an example) without regard to the fact The Heights very well might not see it that way and your kid would fit in perfectly at a Cathedral school.[/quote]

Huh?
You’re saying that school A might reject a qualified student based on their perception that the student is better suited for school B?  I doubt that. [/quote]

You doubt that because you are unaware of or indifferent to the concept of “yield” from the group of students they accept. The Admissions people are not. They would very much like to exactly hit their yield percentage estimate and avoid have to go to the Waitlist, which is difficult to administer and filled with marginal applicants (from their perspective).

The so-called “jerks” are trying to manage a complicated process that has a significant impact on the school.

They also try to weed out parents who they think will be four-year problems for the rest of the staff on campus. Your trying to game the Admissions process could easily put you in that category.

Honesty really is the best policy. Even though your instinct is to try and keep your cards close to your vest as a way of not giving up advantage.[/quote]

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