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[quote=Anonymous]DC is a wealthy, highly educated area and the elite local independent schools all offer really strong academic programs. The college counselors and teachers don't have any special pull, but they do help students make their best case. Sidwell students don't get an advantage boost because of the Friends origin at Penn, though Friends are advantaged in Sidwell admissions.  And all of the Ivy+ (but not all the SLACS) are need blind so being full pay makes no difference.

These students have every advantage in life, so why should it be surprising that they do well in college admissions? Its hard to find a more worldly, well-travelled bunch of high schoolers than at the top local independents. Unlike the public magnets, they are not dominated by children of first generation immigrants, so the students have a lot more social capital to navigate the process and make their cases. They know how to exhibit the intangibles that influence holistic admissions that go beyond test scores and grades. And, legacy is a plus (though most legacy are rejected) and, judging from my DC's friends, maybe half of the class is legacy somewhere.  In fact, Sidwell (but none of the others) used to ask where parents went to college in the admissions process.  [/quote]

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