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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Not at our "Big 5." 2 of the 3 Harvard admits were merit only. One was major donor's grandkid. The other kid are the top two in the class with very ECs. And not URM either. This is 100% truth.
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Not true at my kid's Big 3.  The kids at the top of the class who people assumed would have their pick did not, but plenty of hooked kids did (and a couple of those hooked kids are also very strong students).[/quote]

Sounds like Sidwell. Did the top GPA kids not have too many options in RD? [/quote]

My guess is this is true at just about every school. And for the people who are saying that the kids who got into topped schools aren't hooked, how do you know? Do you think people talk about their hooks? Sure legacy is obvious, URM is sometimes obvious (but not always). You don't know who these kids' rich relatives might be. You don't know whether they have a relative who works at the college. You don't know. Might there be some smart totally unhooked kids getting into Ivies, etc? Sure, but it's rare. I think those kids you think don't have hooks, have hooks. I learned this back in high school when I'd would be totally impressed by a classmate getting into HYPS, and then finding out they were actually URM but nobody knew it. Or they have a totally rich uncle who is a huge donor to Stanford or whatever. Most admits are hooked w/ very few exceptions.[/quote]

keep telling yourself that to explain away why some other kid got into a college that rejected your kid. people have gotten so pathetic.[/quote]

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