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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know where connected/legacy/big donors’ kids go. How about academic superstars who are unconnected and full pay with top teachers’ recs? This is a kid loved by teachers in the toughest most advanced subjects, asked to be TA where 95% of classes don’t have a student TA, who has 3.9 GPA where no one gets a 4.0. Otherwise unconnected, no sport, not URM, nothing special ECs (head of robotics club, part-time job type stuff). We know it won’t be Ivies, Stanford, MIT, but where? School sends at least 20% to top 10 schools each year, 50% to top 25; we imagine they are mostly legacy. [/quote]

UNconnected true TOP kids from feederish privates go to ivies, 5-15% depending on level of feederish (up to 30% counting hooks--over half are usually hooked). Ours sends only 2-3 (3%)kids a year who are unconnected, 3-4 more who are hooked. The 2-3 are superstars though, academically top rigor all 5s etc and they have impactful ECs, usually two big things they are involved in and can speak about intelligently. The rigor and grades matter more than ECs but they need ECs. 
You know if your kid is in the very top group: the college dean at the private makes it clear, as do teachers, often "off the record".  No idea why you would say it won't be ivies at a school that sends so many to T10: even with weaker ECs he should have a decent shot with that many who go. That is a huge feeder school. [/quote]

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