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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Not to mention, everyone is arguing as if this is a big deal---it is not.”

Ok so it won’t be a big deal to give it up then.[/quote]

There is no "bump in admissions" for being a faculty kid at most elite schools.  The faculty members kids just happen to get in because they are smart kids (duh---at least one of their parents is a University professor).  There is no advantage.  Those kids have grown up doing well academically, possibly being involved on a college campus and even doing reserach/working with professors in HS.  They might even have a college recommendation from one of the professors at the school due to this.  So yes, they might have a "hook" but the hook is likely due to being involved in College academia while still in HS oh and being really smart and academically focused through their life.  So yes, due to parental connections they have had different opportunities in life growing up----I had 2 friends whose parents were faculty members when I attended a T10 university.  They were smarter than most of the kids I knew and had worked their asses off because it was expected of them.  They got in on their own merits and both wanted to attend somewhere else, but the tuition discount really made it impossible to choose anywhere else.[/quote]

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