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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is an athlete with coaches interest at Deerfield, Exeter,  and Choate. He's almost-certain to get in, but I'm not sure if he's good enough to play D1. For college admissions purposes, would his chances at an ivy be better if he attended a lower-pressure school like Woodberry Forest? My son is very, very smart, but I don't think he'd graduate at the top of an elite New England school. I do think he'd graduate in the top decile at Woodberry due to easier work and less academically-intense peers.

My suspicion is that going to Woodberry might maximize his individual chances at a T10 college admission, because there are simply less Woodberry students aiming for Ivy League colleges. According to friends, there are like 5 kids max applying to Harvard out of Woodberry's senior class. At Exeter, there are typically 50 Harvard applicants per year, and around half the class applies to HYP in the EA round.

Even the smartest kids at Woodberry seem to really want southern schools like Vanderbilt, Duke, UVA, or UNC. The Ivy league lane is wide-open for the kids who want it.

Am I right in my assumptions?[/quote]

There are plenty of academically intense boys at Woodberry, and they have a terrific faculty (e.g., perhaps the best high school physics teacher in the nation). Why are you so hung up on Ivy admissions?[b] Let your kid go to a school where he will have the best experience for him - stop making everything so transactional[/b] (or you're bound to be disappointed).[/quote]

Perfectly stated. [/quote]

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