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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone gets lost in lala land when staring at the top schools included on these 5 year matriculation lists. Sure the top group is outstanding (and equally good at many top DMV schools), but it's the lesser schools that 60% (majority) of students feed into. Parents always think their child will fall into the top 20% or, worst case scenario, top 40% of the class. STA hand picks smart students, but not all succeed in achieving the top 20% or even 40% of their class. Parents are often disappointed when their child is in the upper middle of the pack (with like a 3.5 for example) or bottom 60% and don't end up at a top 25 school or even a top 50 or 75 or 100 school. After paying almost $50K per year you need to make sure you are happy with your son attending all the schools on this list (and there are a lot), not just the tippy top ones.[/quote]

I’d say a majority of my friends in the 3.0-3.5 range got into top 30 schools, back in 2018. Many for sports, of course, but I’m not sure they could’ve pulled off a Dartmouth or UVA acceptance with a 3.0 from many other places (a handful for sure). So I’m not disagreeing with getting lost in la la land, but there’s also the potential upshot factor that wouldn’t exist otherwise for the middle / low of the pack kids. Many (definitely not all) in the bottom 40% either had hooks anyway, or were excited about targeting strong state schools where they had really good chances out of state. As you said, disappointment from inflated helicopter parent expectations isn’t unique to STA among these dc schools.[/quote]

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