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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a long time YY parent I am really sad to see the lies---yep, saying it---lies-- about preferential admission. They are scrupulous about being honest in the lottery and the wait list and I would caution everyone on this list to understand that the "dude we spoke to the VP" poster was a fraud. #1, the VP has no admission power, and #2, the school has turned down rich, mandarin-speaking chinese who offered tens of thousands to get in because they refuse to violate the lottery process. They have also turned in families who violated residency who could have made a big donor-difference to the school. And those folks were furious. Remember, you have no idea who is posting what/posing as whom on this listserv. And it would behoove everyone to question the motivations of the most virulent critics. [/quote]

I think you're talking to me among other PPs.

Let me agree with you that the anecdotes you repeat above are TRUE.  I'll stipulate as true the stories about Chinese people attempting to game the system by bribing officials.  Can you imagine?!?

But there's something else that goes on, something I have first-hand knowledge of:

The admin. make sure that native speakers who make inquiries about admission[u] before the lottery[/u] occurs will be placed at the top of any waitlist (assuming their # isn't chosen randomly.)    So they're not cherry-picked in this scenario, but they're basically assured a post because they will be #1, # 2, #4 and #6 on the waitlist, and the school has historically at least gone to its waitlist after lottery.

Perhaps these favored applicants are encouraged by admin to arrive at 1 a.m. on lottery morning.  Perhaps they camp out with a beach chair on the sidewalk, in the manner of scoring the new iPhone outside an Apple store.  Hmm.  It's odd, isn't it, how some families seem more likely to get into YY than others?[/quote]

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