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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WOW.  
The Deal denials are weird.  I watched the last 2 years very closely.  I had a kid who applied last year and had many friends whose kids applied the year before.  Last year they must have taken 25 Deal kids and only a handful were even Catholic.  Anyone with a mix of As/Bs and an HSPT over 70%, even 50% in some cases. 
I wonder if they 1)too many kids turned them down 2)kids arrived unprepared (due to Covid) 3)along the same lines---they know that Deal was a virtual sh$%t-show last year and are purposefully not wanting to deal with kids they think will be behind (vs admitting more Catholic school kids who they know were in-person. 4)it's just a numbers game (but apps were about 1150 last year so the increase isn't that great from last year to this year). 
Regardless, this is a major shift. They were typically very committed (almost strangely committed) to taking Deal kids--[b]to the point where everyone who applied got in.[/b] [/quote]

Long time SJC parent and Deal parent -- not the case in over the last 9 - 10 years.  I only noticed a large increase in the current 9th graders.  Previous years there were quite a few but my kid who is in college now there were maybe a handful at most.  But I think you are right on this.  SJC really appreciated the math that Deal has been doing over the years.  If you had a Deal kid at SJC the high level math classes were mostly Deal kids.  I know for my Deal student when school closed in 2020 the math teacher would send links to Kahn academy without any synchronous classes.  Not sure there was any math learning last year either.  This one is my first SJC freshman to be in algebra.  Just algebra.  Now I am happy they admit siblings!

Sorry about those who didn't get. [/quote]

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