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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ well- it’s true.  My Midwesterner husband readily acknowledges that it definitely gave him a boost.  A good majority of his HS didn’t go to college after graduation.

Was my husband smart/deserving?  Yes- near perfect SATs and all As in AP courses—but this described at least 1/4 of the population at my very large Fairfax Co HS. who did not get into Ivies and were wait listed at places like UVA, W&M.[/quote]

The parents I meet that did not grow up in high SES areas with a very educated parent base really are in for a shock.

We have many people in our neighborhood that got into Ivies from very tiny towns.  They have no idea the competition coming from a VA school for even UVA.  The quotas are real.  It’s the small fish in a big pond scenario.  I lived it as #5 in my HS class of 675 from a very good Ffx Co HS, near perfect SATs and many athletic and academic high achievements.  There are just too many kids like this around here and colleges have quotas from each HS.

I always said I would get my kids educated here and then move to some tiny obscure area the last 2 years of HS.  [/quote]

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