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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The prevailing feeling is that limiting the number of applications will give your child better odds at getting in (i.e. 20% acceptance rate instead of 10%). It doesn’t, even if everyone agrees to the limit. If there are ten thousand seats, no matter how you slice and dice the number of applications, only ten thousand will be admitted. [/quote] for good private schools, you're not in a giant pool of thousands. you're in the pool of kids from your high school. it makes a real difference if you're in a pool of 10 from your school or 25. [/quote] I agree with this. If you are coming from a top private, a school like Brown will take 1-3 from your high school each and every year. It's almost a guarantee. Now the question becomes whether or not there are 20 kids vying for these spots or 10 or 5. And if you have the valedictorian in the mix then they will end up taking one of these spots but will almost 100% choose HYPS instead. The whole process is a lot more predictable from a small, top private then coming from a public school. Not entirely so of course but far more so. [/quote]
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