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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's relationship-based in some regions, especially schools like Dartmouth.  Admissions can't take every exceptionally qualified private school kid in Fairfax County, VA or Bergen County, NJ. They have a few go-to schools where a favored alum/donor/whoever went, there's some shared history or lineage there, and unfortunately that checks the box for the region.  The other schools aren't on a blacklist, there just aren't enough spots for their kids because a different school (or schools) is preferred. [/quote]

Which is lame. Demographics and schools and where strong students are these days have changed so much in recent years. The better universities are on top of this and have their regional reps that are aware.

Meanwhile, Dartmouth behaves likes it's still 1962. You must go to Brearley or Horace Mann or Phillips Exeter, or be an institutional need - athlete, FGLI, niece of a Board member, and so on - to be considered. Very pathetic. Strong students will have a better shot at Brown and Duke. Dartmouth admissions are ridiculously antiquated. [/quote]

We are at a Baltimore private and sen one to three to Dartmouth every year.  I don’t think your characterization is correct.[/quote]

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