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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's important to remember OP is talking about private schools. I think the hook thing sometimes works differently than in public schools.

I'm going to toss some observations out there, and you guys are welcome to pick them apart. I'm actually curious if any of you have noticed similar things, or not at all. I'm basing my observations on DC, who attended private and public schools, who has friends who attended both public and Big 3 private schools, and who ended up at at an Ivy without hooks. I'm actually curious if any of you have noticed similar things.

The athletic hook seems to work well for public school kids - DC has several friends who were recruited from area magnets for their sports. For sports like fencing, squash, and lacrosse, the privates are also fertile recruiting grounds. Crew recruits seem to draw equally from publics and privates, maybe because not that many public and private high schools have top notch crew programs. I do know a recent soccer recruit from a big 3.

The legacy hook is a mixed bag. Lots of public school kids have legacy status, of course. But these days legacy status, by itself, doesn't seem to be enough to get into Ivies that take 5-10% of applicants (Harvard seems to take the largest pct of legacies, about 1/3 of legacy applicants, who tend to be really qualified anyway). In addition to legacy status, it seems you also need a track record of large donations and/or something else special.  From private schools, the hook is more likely to be legacy status combined with ability to pay full tuition and even make large donations. (I've had a hunch that this explains the large number of Ivy acceptances during the ED/EA round.)

YMMV. Also, obviously these rules are by no means iron clad and there are always exceptions. [/quote]
Not sue about money as differentiating factor within the legacy pool itself.  The private school legacy admits I know at HYP are a mixed bag economically. Overall they tend to skew upper middle class.  But, there are as many academician or government lawyer families (probably small but consistent givers) as there are truly wealthy ones with the capacity to make sizable donations.  FA versus full pay not a big consideration as this group as a whole is going to have far fewer FA students than the overall school ratio, which can run as high as 60%.[/quote]

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