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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is a shockingly vivid reminder of how corrupt the entire college admissions process is.  Top 10% of a private-school graduating class go to top 5 schools, next 10% go to the next 5... so the top *half* all go to T50 schools?

At my kid's public school, no one goes to any T50 school, not even the top 1% of a graduating class -- kids with perfect grades, 1580-1600 SATs, and course rigor generated in part by dual-enrolling at a local research university and out-performing the actual college students there.

I don't think your kids are smarter or working harder, but *half* of the kids at your kid's school are going to schools that *none* of the kids at my kid's school can even dream of attending. Good work buying your kid's success at the expense, in part, of my kid's success!

Of course, I already knew this was true, but seeing it exemplified so vividly in this discussion is nonetheless shocking.[/quote]

Average SAT at our school is 1500. So, I get that the top of the pool does better at our school, but it's a different pool. It was hard to get into it in the first place.

I have a kid who is 50% at our school - with a 1520 SAT - and it pretty much sucks for college stuff. Otherwise, it's been an excellent high school experience. [/quote]

Exactly. it can be a double edged sword at these feeder privates: hard to stand out when half the school has 1500
+ and are competing against each other in the highest rigor classes. [/quote]

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