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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP — everyone is NOT happy. Parents especially. [/quote]
why do you say that?[/quote] Imagine being the parent of the kid with Ivy-level stats and ECs who was pushed by the counseling team to apply to Dickinson (no offense to Dickinson)[/quote]
How do you know they have Ivy-level stats and EC? Maybe in the terms of this particular class, they weren't that strong and when compared against their classmates, they wouldn't have gotten in any of the prestigious colleges?[/quote]

DP who knows a bit about admissions. It doesn’t depend on ECs. To some extent, they go by who is a legacy at which school. Legacy + private feeder like Exeter = better chances of being admitted to a college. URM, athlete and fac brats are also favored.

Sometimes the very top student at these feeders are forced to apply to a place like Harvard REA even if Stanford is dream school. Then they get into Harvard and are denied Stanford RD. We know a case like this! Not sure why the kid was not allowed to apply to Stanford REA! [/quote]

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