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As long as the school continues to accept kids who were denied admission at other league schools or accepts kids who were flat out rejected from other privates, the perception of the school will never change.
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I have no pony in this race, but this is a disappointing sentiment. There shouldn't be some private schools that are willing to work with a wider range of student and are willing to be more adventurous in where they find potential? Is it really necessary for parents to view any school that isn't selecting only stereotypically strong students as a "bad school"? This strikes me as a narrow way to think about people and the future.

Don't get me wrong, if you have a straight A child with three or four exceptional skills, all power to you. That took both a lot of luck and a ton of hard work. But it shouldn't follow that you need to eye-roll at everyone else. Plenty of people with different profiles go on to live perfectly fine, even accomplished lives -- and I would gladly pay for a school that viewed a more average student as valuable person.

I have never been on the Bullis campus, so I am not saying that Bulls is that school. But if I could find such a school, I'd be more likely to enroll -- not only because my child might be more likely to get in, but also because it reflects the way our family rolls. I always get a little twitchy when I sense a community is interested in only a narrow profile.

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That was beautifully said and the world would be a happier place if everyone could understand it.[/quote]

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