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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many nonhooked students at your DC area private school were accepted into top 15/Ivies this year?  If willing, please share the name of your school or at least the size of student body and the specific acceptances.[/quote]

Will you please stop?! How many ways can you ask the same question? Go back to your SCOIR data and obsess. You can't match SCOIR data (unhooked kids) to anecdotal info. News flash: NOT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT A HOOK OR NOT. You know who can help you out? Your child's college counselor. [b]He/she is just an email away.[/b] [/quote]

New PP here - but sadly, this is not the case at some schools.

And counselor will NEVER tell you even from past data whether most people were legacy or athlete (let alone VIP and diversity)[/quote]

And?  What difference does it make? Your kid should pick schools that are good fits for them and let the chips fall where the will. What happened with other kids iin a different cycle has almost no bearing whatsover with your kid, their application and the cycle they are in.[/quote]

Of course - and this is what we did.  But it is 100% helpful to be told (made up example) "I see Duke is the top of your list. Just to let you know, the only people who have gotten into Duke from our school over the past 10 years were athletes or legacy. It doesn't mean you shouldn't try, but when strategizing your applications, I thought it might be helpful for you to know this."[/quote]

Right, and the closest you will get to an accurate answer is from the school's college counseling office. If you can't get the answer there, an anonymous forum, where people have anecdotal info is not going to get you any closer. [/quote]

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