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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be aware that the bias may extend to "good publics" with privileged students, too. "Success stories" in "bad schools" tend to stand out more. [/quote]

I interview kids from a well regarded magnet every year for my alma mater. None of them ever get in. It's almost a punch line. I mean, someone gets in from there, but none of the (very impressive) students I interview. They probably would have been better off at their base schools, or even better some random HS in PG.

There's always an advantage for the same kid with the same stats to going lower on the HS food chain. How low are you willing to go? Your kid could clean up by going to a Title I school in Indiana, but then they're in a Title I school in Indiana.

I'm happy with my kid at a mid tier private.[/quote]

Students from that school get in but none that you interview.

Good illustration for why alum interviews are being phased out. 
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They're not being phased out at my school. It's possible the admittees go to someone who writes better interview reports than I do, I don't know. I have had interviewees admitted, just none from Impressive Magnet.

The point is going public is no silver bullet. You'd have to go to a "bad" public to get any results, and many don't have the stomach for that.[/quote]

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