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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one kid in 8th who applied to Walls and another one in 12th who is applying to college.  Those of you who are outraged at the number of “qualified” 8th graders who aren’t getting into Walls need to prepare yourself for college admissions.  Your kid will not get into many places you think they “should” have gotten into; and there will be many kids who get into a college that your kid doesn’t get into, despite the other kids being “less qualified.”  The bottom line for both Walls and college is there are significantly more “qualified” kids than spot and at some point, it is just luck.  [/quote]

Apples and oranges.  Except for state schools looking at in-state kids, colleges have no obligation to prospective students.

Colleges also have much more, more thorough, and more comparable information to consider.[/quote]

Your comment proves my point. Yes colleges have more information about the applicants. But I assure you it isn’t as linear as you’re imagining.  4.0 kids with great recs and test scores get rejected left and right. For every one of those rejections, there is a kid who got accepted who has a lower GPA and didn’t submit test scores. And you won’t think it is fair that your kid got rejected. The point is that once you hit a certain threshold of achievement, getting in is luck.  It is luck for Walls and it is luck for college.  Don’t kid yourself. [/quote]

I completely believe luck is a huge factor!  And I know it seems random - I, too, applied to college once.

But my point is that colleges can do what they want, choosing whatever miscellaneous attributes are they want.

The only schools who owe some logic to applicants are taxpayer-funded schools considering their own taxpayers, like state universities -- or Walls.[/quote]

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