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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That makes no sense.  I thought the whole point of hooked kids is that they don't necessarily have to fit the right mold because the hook (they have a sibling who attends or a parent who works at the school) is what gets them admitted.[/quote]
In-demand private schools intentionally select for hooked kids to boost their own college admission stats.  It's an easy win for them.[/quote]
How would admitting students whose parent work at the school or siblings of current students materially improve their college admissions stats, especially when they are 3 or 4 years old and you have no idea whether they will even be remotely strong enough academically to have a realistic chance at top colleges?[/quote]
It's all a statistics game, and the odds are simply better for those kids than for others of a similar age without that potential leg-up.[/quote]
I get that admitting certain kids with parents who attended HYPS may marginally improve certain odds, but you haven't explained how admitting those whose parents work at the school or siblings of non-legacies help at all.[/quote]
Different hooks matter to different colleges, and the private schools know which to look for.  Eg. parents who went to Harvard matter, not so much parents who went to MIT. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1123241.page[/quote]
And what is specifically appealing to a top college about the admissions hook that a student's parent works at their private school?[/quote]
No clue, maybe someone who works in college admissions can speak to that.  The point is that the same kids who get into top colleges from privates would probably also get in if they were coming from public schools.  So be careful about selecting a private school because it says it sends a lot of kids to any one or more of the Ivies.[/quote]

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