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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's pretty funny. Mine had top grades at Holton and the college counselor wanted her to go to "Villa NoWhere"...i.e. Villonova. She ended up at top Ivy. Your kid must be a legacy or you must give a lot of money to Holton.

[b]Are you saying that people that give more money get better placements for their kids[/b]?[/quote]

Why are you surprised?
It happens everywhere, starting from high schools  (especially the so called accelerated charter schools) to colleges to  universities.
It's called ... fundraising.

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Correct of my 3 kids,[b] two will go to ivy (I am pretty confident based on their activities/academic history)[/b].  One will not so I am already donating a little to my college (top 50 and private) through athletics to have some added influence there.

It is all connections, hooks, and money.  Paying full boat at one of the 7 schools considered big 3.  For HS, every school we had a connection or hook we got in.  For those we didn't, we didn't.  And our kids' SSATs, academics, etc were relatively strong.

This is Washington after all.  If you can buy a congressional seat, you can't buy high school or college placement?   Don't be naive.

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Seriously? You are a piece of work. There are many schools out there better than an ivy. But hey, some people are just into names above all else.  [/quote]

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