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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^So what is the point of any of it-GPA, testing, EC’s, rec letters etc? You are basically saying college admissions is all about nothing substantive at the end of the day. A very very broken system.[/quote]

The point is if you have a very smart, hardworking, motivated kid and you are not a VIP, big donor, URM, recruited athlete, and college admission is important to you, send your child to top public schools, such as Blair, “W” schools, TJ, Langley, Walls, etc. Your kid will have better college admissions results and you save $200K+[/quote]

I'm not actually sure the Ivy results for the unhooked but very smart kids are any better coming from the W schools or Langley.  Maybe a very, very small percentage better.  But almost all of their Ivy admits are also URM, athletes or legacies.  
Unhooked DCPS kids seem to get a slightly better bump to the Ivies from Walls and sometimes from from JR but again, most of the Ivy kids are hooked. Gone are the days where a super smart kid from JR can get a guaranteed bump into the Ivies from attending "an urban DCPS". 
TJ are their own animals.  They send a good number of unhooked to the Ivies but to get the spots you have to do 4 years of superstar academics while hoping you get the best grades in the grade because your entire class is applying to the Ivies.  Not exactly a given that you'll get the spots. [/quote]

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