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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you think everyone got where they really wanted you are wrong. There’s a lot of very disappointed family with awesome high achieving kids who were not urm  or hooked that are sorely disappointed. [/quote]

Welcome to 2023. It is what it is. The priorities given to UMC white kids that has permeated for the past two centuries is no longer. The sooner people adapt to that fact, the better.[/quote]

NYC parent here. Not sure what’s going on but I was stunned to see that a top private girls school did not do so great based upon my anecdotal conversations. Like shockingly not great. Including URM’s.

Middle school parent here. When did college become so hard to get into? [/quote]

It has become increasingly hard for upper middle class "regular" white kids because of the proliferation of international, first generation and under represented minority applicants.

Also, the Common Application and Test Optional has lowered barriers for applicants to toss in submissions to many more schools with the push of a button and no additional effort.

The general barriers to entry, writ large, is a good thing, but is an eye-opener for parents who went through the process before 2015 or so, and particularly since COVID.[/quote]

I was responding to this. I’m the NYC parent. Bottom line, it’s harder for everyone to get into these schools. Speaking as an URM that is in a community with many other URM, I’m not seeing the results I would expect URM at top private schools to get after having attended private schools for so many years. Could be a recent trend. I don’t know. Something is different. [/quote]

Which nyc school? This doesn’t seem to be true of dalton at all. Is it different at the other top Nyc schools?[/quote]

I’m going to assume Trinity, Dalton , Brearley still have great outcomes. I am only speaking anecdotally based upon one school. However, I’ve noticed over the years  that schools I remember as being safety schools are all of a sudden hard to get into. Just dropping my little bit of info here.

A good friend who is Asian has a child that was valedictorian from a great public school …did not get into a single Ivy. They did get into what I believe is a top 20 but I was shocked. The family is not hooked in any way. Seems so unfair. [/quote]

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