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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it true that it’s easier to get admitted from the low SES high schools? We are hearing it’s a way for colleges to diversify their class. Would anyone move their kid out of McLean and Langley and over to Herndon or something like that if it helps get in UVA and VT?[/quote] Former admissions officer, yes, it is true to some extent. As long as your kid is a top performer at that school. If McLean has 20 identical kids on paper a top school is going to take two of them. Attend a low SES school and now there are 2 of those same kids on paper. They both get in. No University is going to take 20, 30, 40, etc. kids from HS in one State/County. Now parents will not generally do this because of prestige. But it works. Most HS regardless have a cadre of top performers at them. [/quote]
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