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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Generally kids here at XYZHS apply to a wide range of schools.  There is actually a list of matriculations in your welcome packet."

Done.  [/quote]

Except there isn’t a list of matriculations in your welcome packet.  There is a list of schools where at least one kid matriculated over the last 4 years (and I am not sure it is in the welcome packet) which is essentially useless information.
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Why is that useless? It is far more useful than knowing where one random kid applied. Statistically, having a broader group of acceptances or matriculations is more useful than just a handful from one year. Not all kids apply to the same schools, and certainly not every year. Each kid is choosing 5-12 schools from a list of hundreds to apply to.

Also, I get the feeling that some people seem to think that if a student chooses school number 39, that they applied to and were rejected from schools 1-38. That's now how this works. And even after all the acceptances come in, kids are far more thoughtful about their choice than just picking the one that happens to be ranked highest that year.[/quote]

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