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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you new here OP?

I have kids at two top DC privates. 
Pretty much the only kids getting into the Ivies are 1)recruited athletes 2)legacy (generally big donor legacy) plus very strong student 3)URM plus very strong student.
In recent years there are MAYBE 1-2 kids at each school who are admitted based on academics alone (without one of the above hooks).  Generally these are kids within the top 5 kids in a class. 
Graduating in the top 5 kids or so isn't easy to achieve and takes a bit of luck (you don't get the teachers who are known for never giving As, you never forget to study for an assignment, etc) as well as smarts.

Moral of the story: do not choose a top private based on any perceived bump to the Ivy League.  It is not 1996. 
In 2022 most non-hooked academic kids at my kids' schools are not even wasting their ED on the Ivy league because there is really no chance.  [/quote]

What's "URM"?[/quote]

UnderRepresented Minorities -- the children of Nigerian oil barons, Spanish grandees, and Elizabeth Warren.[/quote]

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