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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only ones that do this have curated applicants guided by professional in house college counselors.  I'm not talking about the  2500 student public high school where the guidance counselor counsels 500 students.

It is the realm of elite private schools, or magnet schools, that know who gets in where and why.  So they have the luxury of doing this.  A middle class, suburban high achiever is in a different game altogether.[/quote]

As a public school parent, this is what I imagine of top private schools.  I've always guessed that top dollar is paid at these schools as the counselors have connections and students are therefore guaranteed to get in somewhere reasonable.  So, if it were me, I'd say fine to limit as long as you guarantee my kid gets in somewhere on the list you discussed with them/us. [/quote]

No college counselor anywhere can guarantee outcomes. Especially if students (or more likely, their families) insist on applying to all top 10 schools to fill up 10 of their 12 slots. But that's the behavior that this policy is designed to discourage.[/quote]

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