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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do realize HM accepts a ton of poor kids and DEI admits? It weighs down the averages significantly.[/quote]

Wow, talk about telling on yourself. And this comes out n a discussion comparing HM to *Scarsdale*?

Also, do you seriously think that the "poor kids" earning a free ride at a TT school are dummies?[/quote]

The kids on financial aid at the TT schools in the city are often the smartest kids in the school. It is extremely competitive to get in and get financial aid. You are sorely misinformed to think those kids bring anything down. The wealthiest kids are often the dumbest and/or put in the least effort. They might still be relatively smart, but they have nothing on the kids who are working their way up. [/quote]

Watch “American Promise” about Dalton. One student from that background dropped out in middle school. The other went to Occidental (okay school, definitely a bottom half outcome). The financial aid students have lower GPAs and matriculation. Prep for Prep has to tutor them for multiple summers so they don’t flunk out while their future classmates get drunk in the Hamptons and sail. [/quote]

Obviously kids coming into a TT school from public in middle or high school will be at a disadvantage — whether they are paying full tuition or not. Dalton is diverse from the beginning, however, and has come a very long way since that movie was made in terms of racism within the school. There’s no more competitive pool in private school admissions than the financial aid pool for kindergarten because the school is committing to support a kid for 13 years. Kids have to really wow at their visit to get an offer from Dalton/Trinity etc. 
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They started there in K[/quote]

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