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[quote]They may have a head start, but there are still plenty of lifers who most likely wouldn't be admitted if applying on their own track record for middle or high school. So no, the private schools aren't so much more curated than a Whitman or Churchill where you usually need to have enough money from "educational and professional attainments" to be able to afford living in the district. And I bet there are more Ivy legacies attending Whitman/Churchill than at any individual private school.[/quote]

Out of a class of about 130, there are 14 or so lifers left, so not sure that the whole grade is exactly flooded with those.[/quote]
What if the definition of "lifer" also included the 28 students who joined in kindergarten?[/quote]

It still doesn't seem unreasonable that over 13-14 years that there would be 14 lifers due to attrition in moves and changes in schools. Plus - 14 also aligns with the "lifer photo" of our DCs graduating SFS class recently (which might have even been a tad lower...). [/quote]

NCS also considers only those who started at BVR in PK “lifers” (just as an aside([/quote]

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