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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The very top kids at my child's high school (valedictorian, salutatorian and a couple others) got into Ivy-level colleges. The kids (like my DD), who would have had a good shot at some of these schools even 5 years ago, didn't have a chance, and every one is going to a second-tier college or in-state school because of cost.

The top-ranked schools attract a lot of hyper-qualified applicants, so they can pick whomever they want from their applicant pool. These days you need a hook, a 4.0 and at least 1550 on your SAT to even be considered at the top schools.

Kids who aren't interested in working that hard in high school should be realistic about college admissions, even if they are extremely bright. Sure, they'd do fine at Harvard and Yale, but without stats, they don't have the admissions ticket, unless they are a top athlete or have some other unique skill or talent.

I know two superb athletes who went to Princeton and Harvard who are not at the top of their classes academically. But their athletic skill got them admitted. [/quote]

My kid is not even a top athlete, but is a decent athlete. He’s a 4.0 and a wicked math student. I was almost blown the F away when a choach reached out to him  from Harvard. Bring a decent athlete and a great student goes a looooong way. And yes my child is a public school kid. He’s done some showcase tournaments this summer and did one in particular for high achieving student athletes. Most of these showcases and full of prep school kids, so I feel like maybe the public school kids don’t even try.

I strongly suggest if someone had a decent student athlete who is an excellent student to do the showcase circuit and target the showcases that have a minimum GPA requirement.[/quote]

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