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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unhooked kids do get into Ivies from the more competitive local publics--I know quite a few, including unhooked DC who got into a so-called top Ivy. ...[/quote]
If the Bethesda Magazine numbers are accurate, then not nearly as many are getting admitted to Ivies as from the local private schools.  Certainly on a percentage-of-applicants basis, and perhaps even on an absolute-number basis.[/quote]

On only a quick scan, it does look like some local publics can place 3-4 to Ivies and other selective schools. Percentage of applicants basis can be misleading...the same 25-30 kids from a school could be applying to the same 8-12 colleges. With common applications now, it doesn't require a lot more labor to apply to many more but does require several more application fees. Sidwell's nature won't be to publish that; however, just that would not cast the brightest light. You mean to tell me 25-30 kids from Sidwell don't apply to all 8 Ivies (or most) for a diversified shot? I'd chuckle to hear it suggested that isn't the case. That is certainly a demographic where a few hundred dollars more in application fees is not over burdensome. Is Sidwell lousy on a year where it goes 4 for 25 at an Ivy? I would not think so, and thinking so would be unfair.[/quote]

The application process is more complicated than you make out.  The hooked kids -- legacies etc.-- often apply to only one HYPS school for Early Action and if accepted, tend to go to that school.  My guess is that it mostly the unhooked kids who don't get in the first time who are applying to a diversified set of Ivies and playing the percentages game (and also the hooked kids who didn't get in early and may or may not be hooked at other schools).[/quote]

+1. The hooked kids apply early action/decision to their hook school bc that is their best shot.  Applying with the gen app pool really lessens their chance of getting in.  Was told this by the admissions office at the ivy I attended.[/quote]

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