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As the parent of a recent unhooked graduate, I can assure you that unhooked kids do sometimes get admitted to the top schools. I am not relying on what my school says, but rather what I and my friends have experienced. But you can believe otherwise if it makes you feel better.

Hey pp, you are just repeating what op say--- rare vut sometimes happens, slim. But you finish it in a way that sounds disagreeable. Stingy psyche.[/quote]

Not just repeating what OP said.  My experience in observing DC and DC's unhooked (but highly accomplished) friends was that their chances were not "slim to none".  OP claimed that she knew the "truth" and that I needed to "dig deeper" and not just believe what my school said.  My actual experience told me differently.  These are real people who did not have hooks yet still got in because they were great kids and had worked hard to get to where they were.  It does happen, and it is not as rare as some people want to believe.[/quote]

Not OP, but looking at it logically: 2000 kids, 50/50 female/male. So 1000 seats for males. 10% for international. That leaves 900 seats. Another 15% for first gen. That leaves 750 seats. 20% for athletes - that leaves 550 seats. Another 15% for legacy and development - now we are down to 400 seats. Plus geographical diversity, URM, faculty, etc.  So there is actually very few seats for the unhooked when you look at the number of high school kids applying all over the country.[/quote]

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