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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, parent of a "Big 3" here. I don't really believe you aren't a Maret parent, because only Maret parents count it as "big 3" (NCS St. Albans, Sidwell). It's a great school, but for a different kind of student and slightly different outcomes for college matriculation. In any event, my anecdotal experience is that the kids all got into the exact schools they should have. They all applied to more and, as usual, many who had not place to, reached for Ivies and top 10, kidding themselves that they were sure to get in. Instead, many are going to UVA, W&M, Michigan, which are great outcomes for those kids. The top kids are all going to Top 10, next tier down going to top 25. [b]Bottom 50% going to Tulane, Elon, mid-tier LACS, SEC schools--again, all great options for kids who are well-prepared to do well wherever they go. [/b]My kid is one in the bottom half of the class. He is going to a top 25 because of a major connection, to be honest. Had that not worked out, he had great options. But I will say, he had no options after the EA round--deferred even from very safe safeties--most of which turned to acceptances in RD. As always, OP, the lesson learned is to be realistic. My kid's best friend got excellent grades in demanding classes, but just wasn't doing all the things that Ivy-bound students do--Regeneron, etc, and didn't realize just how long a long-shot Dartmouth and Princeton are, so he wound up disappointed, despite acceptances to great schools just one step down from those. The end results just weren't that different from other years. [/quote]

Are Elon and Tulane that bad? Isn’t Tulane ranked about the same as W&M? Still top 50[/quote]

Tulane has become a destination school at my kids private as well as in my close-in-suburbs neighborhood.

Elon is where Tulane was about 10 years ago and is rapidly moving up the ranks.[/quote]

Tulane is 41. Ranked right there in a cluster with with BC, GT, UCSD, UC Davis, W&M, Case Western, Wisconsin, UGA.  It is a great school ranked in the same tier as schools people talk about on these boards all the time. My DC knows 6-7 kids heading to Tulane this year. It is extremely popular and not easy to get into. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]

I have not been able to figure it out. Tulane's place on that US News rankings and its acceptance rate would make it appear to be quite competitive, but I am telling you, the [b]kids in the bottom half of these private school classes go to Tulane. Not the very bottom--they go to High Point and Elon--but around 75th percent. [/b][/quote]

This year, Tulane is highest ranked school to accept my Big 3 DC. I would guess my kid falls around average in the class, not the bottom. But what do I know? Maybe DC is at the bottom. Lots of unexpected WL and rejections from schools in the 25-50 range. [/quote]

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