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[quote=Anonymous]Our son has a 98th percentile SSAT and is legacy at Phillips Academy at Andover. He's interested in boarding school and we are going through the admissions process right now. I know from his older brother (graduated from STA in 2022) that "feeder schools" no longer exist and all the kids getting into Ivies are either heavily hooked or in the top 5% of the class. He graduated in the 3rd decile at STA and was locked out of the top colleges.

This was reiterated when I attended Andover's college admissions informational session with my sister (her daughter is a 3rd year at Andover) and they told us "there is no more Yale list" and admitted they no longer have any sway in elite college admissions. Virtually everyone from Andover getting into an Ivy are legacy, athlete, URM, development case, connected or the top scholars.

My kid isn't hooked, so I am considering applying to less competitive private schools to give him a greater chance at graduating in the top students. My guess is that a 4.0 uw GPA from Episcopal High School/Northfield Mount Hermon/Gonzaga/St. Johns will serve him better than being middle-of-the-pack at Andover/Exeter/Choate/St. Albans

Am I correct in thinking this? [/quote]

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