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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. Impressive list so far for Sidwell - Columbia, UPenn, MIT, Stanford, Brown, Yale, Cornell, Darthmouth, Princeton...[/quote]

Athletes and legacies.

Yawn.[/quote]

It sounds like your child is not athletic and his/her parents (YOU) didn’t graduate from college. Unless you did graduate from college, but it’s not a “good” college. In that case, your child is also a legacy. It sucks to suck, huh? [/quote]

Hooks should be noted unless that makes you feel insecure. [/quote]

You’re projecting your own insecurity.

When someone complains about “legacy admits,” they should include their alma mater so we can fully understand their level of bitterness (and judge their level of entitlement).

I don’t want to hear CUA graduates complaining about their snowflake being shut out of the Ivies. It’s your fault that you didn’t graduate from a better school. Your child is a legacy too—you just hoped they would do better than you did. [/quote]

Wow. You are massively  insecure.

Hooks matter. That’s why the privates ask where parents went to school when they apply for kindergarten. You can whine about it but that doesn’t change it.

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If you’re on here whining about legacies, it’s important to know where you and your spouse graduated from. Are the schools not good enough for your children? [/quote]

Why is it important? Regardless of where you or I went to college, knowing which accepted students are legacies is important for understanding the data. Don’t you agree?[/quote]

I’m for full transparency across the board. Let’s release legacy admissions data for various schools AND the complainers should also post their alma maters. We should know if your children applied to your institution (and if not, why?) and if they were admitted as legacies. Otherwise, your posts are deeply hypocritical. [/quote]

Legacy is a hook.

Pointing this out is reasonable, regardless of where the person pointing it out went to school.

Where is the hypocrisy?
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Unless your children are first generation, they are legacies somewhere. It’s hypocritical for you to complain about certain legacy admissions, but not acknowledge your own. [/quote]

I'm not PP you are referring to. Not all schools give a leg up to legacies.  My institution is one of these and I fully support that policy and continue to give $ to them.  So no hypocrisy here when I say - yes - legacy matters at schools that have it. And that's all of the Ivy schools everyone seems to be using as a measuring stick on college admissions from DMV schools.  And bystanders who haven't been through this process yet need to understand that legacy and hooks is what drives the admissions results from these DMV schools.  Some unhooked kids get through to these highly desired colleges - but the truth is - most do not - even those who are high rigor and high stats.  They will all be fine and successful - and usually are happy wherever they land - but do not use these results pages as a guide to how you choose a HS.  Find a school where your child will thrive (which can still include these schools) - not one that you think increases their chances of Ivy/T20 admission.  These legacy/hook kids will get into those Ivy/T20 regardless of which school they chose.[/quote]

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