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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top colleges know which are the ultra competitive private and public schools. They know what Andover, Exeter, Trinity, Stuyvesant or Brooklyn Tech means and they consistently target these schools more heavily than the mediocre privates or publics. [/quote]

+1 At most of these ultra-elite schools the top 30%-50% enrolls at at ivy or ivy equivalent. [/quote]

This is completely insane to think about but it is true. I know Trinity and Andover send something like 40%+ to the ivies + Stanford, MIT, Duke, Chicago. [/quote]

While I believe that magnets do send a big number to Ivies every year, let’s get real: many of these kids are legacies or have lots of $$$ for donations. Public magnets are more of a meritocracy in admissions to attend them in the first place.[/quote]

There are actually not too many families that have the kind of dough that really moves the needle for admissions to an ivy. If your kid is very competitive and thus already well within the admissible range, then a 7-figure donation might suffice but in most cases and especially if your kid is more mediocre you need mid 8 figures or more. Very few families have this kind of money lying around ready to be spent to send junior to college.  Also the elite private HS in the US are very rigorous, there are not many unqualified rich kids around. Most lazy/not very bright  rich kids go so to some shitty private - there are plenty of those. Also it is wrong to assume that all scions of major families are unqualified or mediocre. I went to Lawrenceville and had a quite a few classmates from major families. Many of them are some of the most hardworking, smart and sophisticated kids out there, having been groomed since infancy to follow the family tradition of achieving greatness.  [/quote]

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