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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] You're spinning your own story just like the CCO is. 
College counseling says "everything fine". You and others keep saying: "many disappointed". No one is giving more info. 
It's very difficult to figure out what is going on. 
-parent of form V boy[/quote]

But many people have said.  Some of the top academic boys, who also have great ECs, did not have results they hoped for.  On the other hand, there are a lot of Ivy legacy and athletic admits.[/quote]

I think the same story everywhere including Sidwell (way to go, double legacies!) and NCS. I think this year conclusively marks the end of Big 3 hopes. ED was bad and RD was terrible, even for the top kids.[/quote]

Of note, the handful of legacy that did get in from STA and NCS this year (very small handful that is) are all super high achievers--generally top 10% of the class.  Also have lots of impressive extracurriculars and interests.  So legacy was a bump on top of being some of the top students.  The only issue being that top students with out legacy did not get in.

You can't throw rock without hitting an Ivy double legacy kid at these schools but it really was only the ones who were near the very top of the class who got the nod. 
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