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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD - 1550 SAT, Top 2% of class (in the top 10 students) at a well regarded public high school. Not full pay. 4.0 UW, not sure of Waited but I want to say 4.6 or 4.7.

It wasn't pretty. We had a wide range but we did apply to a couple of top schools.

Denied at Princeton, Brown, Columbia,  Wellesley.

Wait-listed at Middlebury, Rice, and Barnard.

Accepted with lots of merit aid at Tulane, Fordham, Lafayette and some decent publics.

Accepted with No Merit at U Richmond, W&L.

I do think being a female hurt her especially at the SLACs. I would very much caution expectation setting.[/quote]

Wow, I think this post may suggest how strong an advantage full pay private school kids have in college admissions.  Haven’t seen outcomes like this at DC’s Big 3.[/quote]

No, my full pay, private kid with similar stats had roughly similar outcomes, except that she knew better than to even try at ivies. [/quote]

geez. reading that...why even try now.

[b]Curious, was dc pushed to achieve those stats? Have you hired private tutors, send kids to summer learning camps, etc...?[/b]

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[b]I'm the previous PP who posted the stats. No private tutors (although my DD did tutor), no summer learning camps. Just plain old persistence and grit.[/b][/quote]

Don't feel defensive because of the obnoxious post insinuating that your child was pushed and high stats was due to tutors & summer learning camps.  Just because her child couldn't reach high stats without that kind of help...  So rude.  Some parents who have lazy kids just can't believe that there are kids who are motivated on their own to work hard.[/quote]

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