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[quote=Anonymous]I'm at a top 20 (maybe 25) high school. The issue is it's very hard to get into this high school and similar. Schools that they use in movies to conjure up "privilege". And it's the same metrics colleges use. These kids are all hooked in some way.

So we have the academic powerhouses, the children of the very rich (billionaires), the children of the heritage rich (millionaires), political powerhouse, or celeb - in all cases last names you know,  we have the son of the doorman who showed great charisma and ends up debate captain which is top leadership, we have the kids who come in through the questbridge-but-for-prep-school like Prep for Prep and has done just fine in a PWI, we have the athletes who came in strong and then got the best of everything, often taking an extra year to get a little better.

And depending on the college and the year, every top 20 college wants some of each of these categories. And getting a 3.8 at these schools really does mean you can do the work in college, any college. These same kids have a 1540 on the SAT.

This won't end with college admissions. Would McKinsey or Goldman take a middle of the pack Harvard guy who was also an athlete or has major connections through dad? Yes, often. They'll assume the kid will wash out after a few years when the kid pulls more strings to get into HBS, but they'll take dad's connections while they can.

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