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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes, family has to fit a mold in most of the early years.  It's a shame because this mold is not a great one (IMO).

by 9th, your son really has to bring something special that sets him apart from every other boy with straight As who plays a sport. 
they're looking for kids who are either going to be varsity starters really early on (so very top players on team sports) or excel 
in an individual sport (e.g. very top runner or swimmer--the kind that will place top 5 in the city and make the Washington Post).  
my kid was admitted in 9th and looking at who else was, almost everyone had a "hook".
Sure, there are a couple of well-rounded kids who slipped through (and a few siblings) but otherwise, you could literally point out at accepted student events:  "oh, that's the runner, that's the swimmer, those two are here for basketball, oh he's champion tennis player, that's the Math counts champ, etc".

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You spoke on some things I posted right before your post. I’m the post who said son had straight A’s and plays chess, robotics, and a sport and still was denied. He was applying for grade 7, not 9th and won a robotics contest the prior year, a chess contest, and competed in tournaments for his sport. If that isn’t enough merit, then I don’t know what is. Merit counted for nothing. [/quote]

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