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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The flippant comments of the HOS are all the more infuriating when the fact is that most of the Big3 parents I know are not wringing their hands because their kid isn't getting into Harvard or Duke or Stanford.  They are worried because their child, who has good grades, test scores, ECs, recs, etc., and who is busted their butt in school for the last four years, is getting deferred from Wisconsin, Tufts, Emory and Georgia.  These are all good schools and 2-3 years ago, a strong (but not superstar) student at a Big 3 would have been an auto admit.  But now these kids are being deferred. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks, but many families are really questioning whether the slog of a Big 3 high school is worth it.[/quote]

Tufts acceptance rate is 13% and Emory is 14%. Why would anyone be an auto-admit?[/quote]

Ok, "auto admit" was a poor choice of words and is obviously rankling some people.  My point was just that good, but not tippy top, schools that strong Big 3 students were accepted at regularly a few years ago are now seeing many, many deferrals.  These threads always imply that Big 3 parents have their panties in a bunch because their special snowflake is not getting into Yale.  That is absolutely not what's happening, by and large.  Most Big 3 parents send their kids to these schools because they believe in the education.  But is it hard to see your kid work herself to the bone for four years and get deferred from Wisconsin when her neighbor down the street -- an equally smart, engaging and accomplished kid -- who did minimal work at Wilson gets in.

By the way, my kids are in early HS and MS, so I'm just sharing experiences of friends and am looking ahead for my own kids.  [/quote]

It’s possible that Wisconsin or other schools know that your private school student isn’t actually going to attend. In contrast, that DC public school kid is probably seriously considering taking their tag benefit to Madison. If they both apply to say Lafayette, and that public school kid has more than 50% need, they’re likely not getting in while yours is. And by the way - if that kid did minimal work but is getting into a great school, they’re probably just smarter than your kid.[/quote]

There are *many* kids at our Big 3 who were deferred from Wisconsin this year and who are crossing every finger and toe that they get in in RD. They would go in a heartbeat. [/quote]

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