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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The results from some of the top private schools (e.g., Sidwell, GDS) are really impressive.  It doesn't look like a lot of these kids are athletic recruits.  Presumably the vast majority are full pay but I don't think that's really much of a hook (a lot of full pay kids in public schools in the area too).  I'm wondering if a lot of these kids are legacies? Or are they just really, really disproportionately impressive so that they can overcome the lottery-level admissions rates to top schools.[/quote]

The legacy connection at privates is overblown by critics. It’s likely less than 20% of the admits.

The rest is based on connection of the feeder schools to the colleges (including pipelining), strength of curriculum/grade deflation, better/strategic college counseling, better essay coaching, and LOR that affirm personal qualities. At our non-DMV private, we’re seeing more RD successes this cycle as well. From what we can see it’s a particularly good year for strong privates.[/quote]

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