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The email trail is confusing, but I did say that I applied from a private school -- the bolded parts are all one poster (me).

I actually suspect private school Ivy acceptances are MORE likely to be legacies. Like I said, the year I graduated, at least 80% of the Harvard admissions from my private school were legacies. That's WAY more than 10-12% of each class they say are legacies.

I don't have any data on how many Ivy alums choose private vs. public for their kids, but it seems plausible to me that Ivy alums might be more likely to be financially in a position to send their kids to private schools.[/quote]

I agree with you, that private school Ivy acceptances are more likely to be legacies. I agree with your suggestion that Ivy alumns would be more likely to be financially able to send their kids to a private school. I also get the feeling that Ivies go to the public schools for SES diversity and athletic recruitment in certain sports (I think they can probably get racial diversity equally well in public or private these days).

Sidwell used to ask where the parents went to college, not sure if they still do, but you have to assume this was to determine legacy status. I'm more understanding when schools make you tick off boxes for the parents' highest levels of education, because this speaks to SES without prying into whether that was an Ivy or two. [/quote]

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