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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can always move to Montana, Alaska, Mississippi, etc.[/quote]

Or you could be less obnoxious based on what I wrote out of personal experience at one of these "feeder" boarding schools. Sorry if not welcomed. My point is if you are not a kid with family advantages, being a star student at a public may play better than being a star at a prep where a lot of these opportunities are crowded out because they are bespoke spots. Sounds like Sidwell had a lot of that to Yale this year. It's a hard deal for a kid who gets best grades and has a great application but impossible odds because a bunch of his classmates'd descendants came over on the Mayflower and went straight to Cambridge a generation since. Be realistic that this is a challenge and a big factor. It's a big mistake to point to how wonderful a prep is to get 8 or 10 to any Ivy without some restraint to remember there is a lot more going on there. [/quote]

Not being obnoxious at all and I wasn't addressing you.  It is true that it is easier to get into Ivies/MIT/Stanford if you are NOT from either coasts and attend a decent public high school in fly over country.[/quote]

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