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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sent my kid to board Deerfield thinking it would give him better chance. They had multiple admits to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn. More than half were athletes.

Seeing the stats gives me pause, b/c if my child goal was just to get into the lower tier top25 we could’ve just stayed local. Unfortunately my child has no hooks.

I’m seriously considering a private consultancy service to gain advantage in this hyper competitive arms race.  It’s already 80k a year for tuition, not to mention time spent for child away us parents. At this point, what’s another 30-50k?

Sigh

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Actually, it looks like the smart thing to do if your goal is to get your child into a top school would be send your child to Whitman!! And, gasp, you don’t have to pay for it! I’d be interested to see Churchill’s list, too.

Sending a kid to a high school or boarding school does not give any better chance. At all.

You have to think about it this way...the stats get you a ticket to the arena. However, the arena is full with 25,000 others who have the same or similar records and only a few will get back stage passes. So from the entry to the arena, it is a lottery to get back stage. There is really not much anyone can do to game that last lottery.[/quote][/quote]

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