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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's your evidence that HS admissions at private schools isn't by academic merit?[/quote]

Just call any of the admission offices at these privates and ask them if a straight A kid with high level math and science with superior writing skill and a 99 percentile in SSAT (this is what they use) is guaranteed an admission and compare what they say with the TJ admission process.[/quote]

And look at threads on here during the admissions waiting season: "don't give up hope; my 40th percentile kid got into Sidwell, they don't really focus on scores," followed by the parents who say "that's obvious because my "college admissions dream child" got waitlisted." Then also look at the reality in these schools, not everyone is doing well academically, not everyone gets admitted to dream schools, not everyone does well on SATs, and "whole child" is a mantra even in high school. Also, most of us actually know kids with 75th percentile or lower stats who got in.[/quote]

Ditto! Pay us 40k+ a year and we will give your kids the privilege to hangout with other "whole children" and teach them how to feel and act entitled. [/quote]

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