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[quote=Anonymous]My advice is that if you're totally committed to private schools, make sure you have a couple solid backup options. Stated admit rate ranges from 1 in 4 to 1 in 10 at the extreme end. What we failed to factor in properly was the effect legacies, sibs, faculty/staff kids and race/gender have on admissions. If a school has 20 spots, based on sex alone your kid is only being considered for 10 of them and if it happens a lot of the siblings are the same sex as your kid, your odds go down. Not trying to overly dramatize things, just trying to caution you against aiming too high like we did and ending up with just wait lists and not admission anywhere. [/quote]
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