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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In fairness, 4yos are hard enough to assess (IQ tests and playgroups being extremely crude/imperfect tools) that “family history of doing well at Trinity” is probably as good a metric as any.[/quote]

I get why schools consider siblings and legacies, but they shouldn’t replace meaningful assessment or classroom fit. Otherwise schools risk becoming inheritance systems rather than educational institutions. You still want admissions to be about the child, not just the family.[/quote]

Sibling, legacy, and faculty kids have to pass the same assessments and go through the same process as unaffiliated kids— it’s not any different. The difference is IF they pass, they get the spot. The bar isn’t lower for connected kids.[/quote]

The bar is much lower for these kids. There is definitely a bar, but it isn't much. With variability depending on the level of connectedness.[/quote]

There are plenty of very connected kids who don’t get in.

If the kindergarten bar was lower for siblings/legacy, the attrition rate by middle school would be abysmal. And it’s not, which is why there isn’t a real entry point again until 9th grade.[/quote]

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