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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't consider college matriculation as a reason to transfer. If you ever google the last names of seniors attending schools, it's clear the majority of Ivy admits are legacy + money at schools like Dalton and Spence. I think your kid will do just as good if they're in the top 10% of a school like LREI and ED somewhere. [/quote]

Tons of Harvard legacy at Dalton. Regular kids are not going to get those spots.[/quote]

Show us.

I went to an HYP ad a dalton grad with no connection. All the way through high school, tons if people got into top schools without being connected. I’m not trying to argue, because I can’t argue a negative. So show us that only connected kids get into top schools from dalton. [/quote]

But did you have another hook, like URM, first generation college, star athlete etc?[/quote]

I had good Ec’s, good grades, good day’s. I played certain instruments quite well and got recognition for it. I wrote and published some fiction/poetry, which I look back on and cringe. I also co-wrote some research papers as a summer research associate with a professor from a well-known college, who gave me an additional rec.

I’m white - quarter Jewish, 3/4 english/german Protestant. My dad was a lawyer, my mom worked in publishing. My big brother went to a different hyp - he got recruited for fencing. But no hooks otherwise. Just did a bunch of stuff I really liked to do and it made the rest kind of easy because I actually wanted to pursue the things I loved uncynically.

literally everyone is incredibly gifted who applies to top schools. You need to be good at things and actually express and demonstrate a real desire and love for them - not a concocted ploy and hand-tailored application with just enough things to get you across the finish line. You don’t think admissions departments at top schools can sniff that out from 100 city blocks away?

It’s the same with applying to Tt private schools in nyc. They know when you’re bs-ing them. They get thousands of applications over the course of a few years. It’s not so difficult to distinguish. But people always assume that it’s because only legacies or urm’s get admitted. It could never be that maybe someone’s kid, with respect, simply couldn’t make the cut.

Not trying to be harsh, but I always see this nonsense on these boards, and I always want to see the data to back it up, which no one ever has. [/quote]

Edit: good SAT’s (when I say good, I mean my gpa was among the top in my class and my sat’s were very good. I also self-studied ap’s, etc. [/quote]

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