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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, this is very obvious.  In the 21st century it is not the priority of top Ivy League colleges to open the doors to graduates of rich and fancy prep schools. Their priorities are elsewhere. Anyone who thinks that sending their kid to a big three gives them an edge is about two decades behind the Times. 
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Agree that this is obvious. Others still seem to be in denial. Perhaps bc their DCs got in with a serious hook and they would rather think about it differently.[/quote]

“Every American high schooler knows the supposed secret to a lifetime of success: admission to an elite university. Competition for coveted spots is so fierce that while an admission victory can’t be guaranteed, it can be gamed, if you know how to play. ‌

It worked for me: I attend a prestigious university, Stanford, which accepted fewer than 4 percent of applicants last year. There, over a quarter of the current undergraduate population came from private schools, even though only 14 percent of U.S. high schoolers attend one. The numbers are reportedly similar at most Ivy League universities. Harvard is one of the worst of them: A survey of its class of 2019 saw 35 percent of respondents hail from private schools.

Some of these students presumably attended parochial schools. However, many of my peers and I attended elite private schools: nationally ranked overachiever factories designed to churn out catnip for college admission offices.

These schools are so effective at influencing the admission process that they further advantage our society’s privileged few and leave everyone else free to believe that only the most accomplished, most brilliant students get into prestigious universities. The idea that admission to the most selective colleges and universities is based on merit presumes that a fast track to comfort, status and wealth doesn’t exist. But that’s just an illusion.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

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