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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you really think tha Harvard says, I would Take Kid A from Sidwell.  But I just took a TJ kid. So, nope. Reject?  Yes, it's hyper competitive. And yes there  are geographic limits.  But kids at Sidwell and kids at TJ are very different in terms of all sorts of things. Interests, areas of focus, often race, public vs private.  A TJ kid and a Sidwell kid are not interchangeable. They are both smart and talented. But the focus of the schools is different and the talents they foster are different.  Holotic admissions means that top colleges should pull some of both. And often that the kids apply to different schools altogether. And the fact is, your kid stands the best chance of getting into HPY, etc. if they go to a school that is a good match for their interests and talents and where they thrive in the community and their talents can be put to good use.  A kid who thrives at TJ and gets into Harvard based on college level engineering classes and playing the violin on a national level and an Intel finalist designation might not do nearly as well at Sidwell where there are fewer STEM opportunities.  And vice versa.   A school that isn't a good fit for your kid hurts them in college admissions, even if it is a brand name. [/quote]
Everything that you said after the first few lines may be true, but is completely irrelevant to the zero sum issue.

The point remains that there are only so many spots at HPYS to go around and way more students applying for them than ever.  In this new college admissions environment, I empathize with those parents who care about whether they're getting sufficient ROI from either a magnet or Big 3 re: college.  Because that's where I'll be in 12 years.  Certainly there are some folks for whom college admissions is not an end goal.  That's fine.  But let's not denigrate those who care very much about it.[/quote]

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