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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a sad state of affairs that educators are now openly saying we don’t have a meritocracy. What do we have? An oligarchy? [/quote]

If has always been an oligarchy. That literally why these school have a reputation as "Elite."[/quote]

Yes, but that is a perverse rotten use of the term Elite. 
Other Western countries equate the word Elite with intellectual Elite, particularly when it comes to higher education.
Oligarchy, power only shared between a few, is about money.   [/quote]

[b]OP’s child isn’t a commoner.[/b][/quote]

What nonsense is this?  Troll.  Why bother to write?  Get a hobby!

I am the OP and we are unhooked and pretty plain vanilla. Our kid has worked their tail off at the Upper School and has excellent grades. I understand that I have been naive about how that would play in admissions. Results are dismal. And no, we do not feel entitled to anything because our kid is a Big3 that costs a lot of money to attend. I do, however, believe they, and all kids, deserve a fair shot, though. And to see the kids of privilege get into HYPS in the current climate (where hardly anyone else is admitted there (so far) is hard to take. And on top of that, to see the HOS blame only externalities and not ask questions about what the school is or isn't doing well -- that's just some shit, I hate to say.

I agree with the PPs who point out that RD may work out well for the many kids who have been disappointed thus far. I hope so.[/quote]

What you don’t get is that to the vast majority of American families - your kids are the “kids of privilege”.  [b]The fact that you are whining about the even more privileged kids is off putting[/b].  Trying to explain so you understand the push back.

My kid is a public school kid.  She has worked her tail off and has some very good options.  I cannot allow you to malign her and her friends and say that her effort and accomplishment is low compared with your kid. I don’t know what you are telling yourself but a kid who is taking 10-14 APs and is navigating a large public school by themselves is not a slouch and deserves to be considered by colleges as much as your snowflake.  [/quote]

LOL, this is one of the worst takes I've read in a while. By this logic, the vast majority of underprivileged kids/families in America expressing concern about how our system treats them would be "off-putting" to the people living in myriad more dismal circumstances all around the globe.

Just because someone is relatively better off than me doesn't mean they don't have some legitimate concerns about how the system treats them and about fairness for someone in their circumstance. Nor does them expressing their POV mean they don't recognize that they are still more fortunate/privileged than many others like myself. Being able to see things from someone else's perspective is a two-way street.[/quote]
DP. your post is obtuse. Good gawd.[/quote]

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