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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll tell you why my kids focused on T20 and not T75s, because they went to feeder high schools. The top 10 colleges not only know the high school, but know the "good" teachers who only write 5 letters of recommendation a year. My kids had those. They also had Bs in a school where a B is a legit good grade, on a scale where a 90 is a 3.5. They were also unhooked in other ways. But they had good college counseling, read books, and could write papers.

Believe it or not, a T20 was an easier admit for my kids than a T75 who had readers who didnt know the teachers - and maybe didn't know the high school. Those readers saw the 3.8 GPA and thought, eh.

IOW, why wouldnt we go where they know the landscape. And if you're full pay and these schools are all 90k, why not go for the one with the name brand. [/quote]
+1 on the T20 being an easier admit than the 75-25, I don't know if that is "yield protection" or if it is because no or few kids from our HS have gone there.  Your school's profile cuts both ways, the sweet spot is to be at or above the CDS median for the colleges you apply to and from a HS where students have been accepted from and have matriculated.  [/quote]

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