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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]elite colleges will be easier. In actuality, colleges draw from this pool for the following: Full Pay, Legacy, URM, HOOK. MOST will have 3/4 of the aforementioned therefore killing a logo of birds with one stone. If you don't or won't have 3/4 of those criteria, not only shouldn't you send them there, you should also skip TJ and go right to a middle of the road public HS that offers either IB or AP. Have your kid graduate in top 5% of that class. Much easier path.[/quote]

My dd went to one of these schools and is thriving at a SLAC. Yes she applied to some super reaches, but no one "expects" to get in so it was no surprise. It doesn't matter in the end, [b]most kids end up where they are supposed to in the end.[/b] I don't disagree with your assertion on who actually gets in bc that was pretty much how it worked out at our HS, but that doesn't mean that for a minute we regret sending her there. Were there some sour grapes parents? Yes, there were, but they had the wrong motivations for sending their kid...[/quote]

And how would anyone know where they were "supposed" to end up?[/quote]

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