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[quote=Anonymous]At the high school level admissions are via committee and they do not seek input or leak results to other schools.  At the most competitive schools the attitude is that they will take their chances on convincing kid/family that their school is the right fit.  (Independent schools do not lack for institutional self esteem!). At schools that might be slightly less competitive they make more offers to account for a lower historic yield percentage -- this is why schools track yield so intently.  They are aware that to do otherwise could look collusive and inappropriate.

The only situation I know of when institutions may talk is when there is an application from a student loooking to move from one peer school to another in the later grades.  (Sometimes after a disciplinary situation.)  This contact may be at the head of school level.  Nobody wants to be known for "raiding" other schools, but every school knows sometimes kids need a fresh start. They may check to see if it is "good kid made a bad decision" or "problematic kid probably did a lot more than we knew about and family not supportive of discipline efforts."[/quote]

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