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[quote=Anonymous]I went to a school that is often identified as one of the "big 3" on these boards.

Counselors are people, and without knowing the counselor I can't speculate as to his/her bias.

Those schools (and the guidance counselors who work for them) are assessed, to a large degree, on how good their yield of college acceptances is.

I wouldn't think the counselor would be advocating harder for some students than others in order to kiss butt with the parents -- however, I *can* see a counselor thinking that a legacy admit might be more likely to get into HYP than an "unconnected" student, and therefore be a more fruitful applicant for those schools in terms of the counselor's performance statistics.

I don't know your son, so I can't judge whether or not HYPSM schools are realistic prospects for him or not.  However, I went to Harvard, and there are PLENTY of working-class kids at HYP etc -- the student body is far more economically & socially diverse than at a DC big 3. So despite the impression your child might've gotten from his counselor, he should have no fears that he will not fit in.[/quote]

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