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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC attends a test-in public school where probably 90% of kids in a given year would be considered "unhooked." Due to the excellent academic reputation, there are a handful of private school types with Z-level hooks. As it happens my DC is best friends with one of these kids, so I am seeing this in action. And it's crazy. Kid has decent stats - high SAT, more A's than B's, basic ECs. Realistically kid is probably around the 50th percentile in the grade - eg not really Ivy material.

Kid was deferred from legacy Ivy REA but supposedly someone on the admissions committee personally called their parent to assure them of admission in RD as long as their midterm grades were strong (and, I assume, that a certain check was received...). I know this is how life works in the real world but it's kind of jaw dropping to see it in action.

[b]Private school placements definitely need to be taken with a grain of salt. A lot of those kids would never, ever be at Ivies without Daddy's checkbook. And it's not surprising to hear unhooked kids are sailing through freshman year at Yale, Harvard, etc - the "competition" at these schools isn't all that.[/b]

Good luck to the rest of us.[/quote]

OP, this is absurd. All private school placements should be taken with a grain of salt? And you think the level of competition is low at Ivies? Send your kid to one and get back to us.  [/quote]

DP. Agree with OP. Private schools have their own legacy network allowing access and sometimes even a pipeline. Sure the legacy A list kids get first dibs, but who gets off the waitlist? Private kids. Who is waybiberrepresented at Midd and Williams? Private school kids. There is a hook there, even for those who aren't z list or legacy. [/quote]

But that’s not what she’s saying in the quoted text. Private school kids may have an advantage but that doesn’t mean they’re not extremely qualified. And they certainly don’t lower the level of competition. [/quote]

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