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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SO all those with supposedly unhooked DC with 1500 should tell us what the secret ingredient was...
Or...perhaps just a bit of luck, because that poster who keeps claiming that applying to more of the top 20/30 schools doesn't statistically increase acceptance rates is probably just a Big 3 college counselor who doesn't know statistics. With acceptance rates in the single digits and many many qualified applicants (remember niece also had exceptional extracurriculars which didn't get discussed!), it's in good part luck of the draw, like in a lottery. And could it be that many of those lower tier colleges might not have accepted niece because they thought she'd place better and they were concerned about yield? Should this girl really have applied ED to BC or her parental legacy to have a shot at a decent outcome? [b]If that is what one has to do after paying 200k+ for a Big 3, won't many people opt out of the  private schools?[/b][/quote]

The point of attending a big 3 is college preparation & socialization. We were under no delusions that paying X amount of money for high school would buy our child a spot at a certain university.[/quote]

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