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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ This.
I bet that 90% of Maret's Ivy admits are hooked.  The ones I know definitely are.[/quote]

I would put this at 95% for Maret this year.  They're great/smart kids but they got the Ivy Admit because of 1)multi generational legacy 2)athletic recruitment 3)being an URM. 
[b]If you are not 2 out of 3 of these, going to Maret is not going to help you get into the Ivy League one bit. [/b]
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NP but isn’t that the case at every private? Most NCS, STA, Sidwell’s Ivies are hooks, no?[/quote]

Yes.  So we need to stop saying "WOW, Maret 2023 is really amazing!"  or "Amazing! Sidwell 2023 is knocking it out of the park!"

[b]It has nothing to do with where these kids attended (or did not attend) high school.  [/b]They would have the same results coming from GDS, STA, Whitman or Jackson Reed.

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No they would NOT.  Based on sheer numbers, there are more Whitman, McLean, Langley, Churchill, etc students than Sidwell, Maret, Holton students who are legacies at highly selective colleges. However, those public schools are sending a much lower percentage of students to the Ivies.

Attendance at top private schools make a difference, even if you don’t want to admit it.[/quote]

So you’re saying that if there are 10 hooked kids at a private school, and they all get into Ivies (and no unhooked kids do), and they represent 15% of the class, and 20 hooked kids at a public school, and they all get into Ivies (and no unhooked kids do), but they represent only 5% of the larger public school class, then the 100% admissions rate for hooked kids from the private is different from the 100% admissions rate for hooked kids from the public.

Ok.[/quote]

Yes, that’s what I’m saying (minus the hooked vs. hooked part).  The private school placed more of its grads in Ivies, based on percentages. Public schools don’t get to brag about the total number of Ivy placements just because they have 600 graduating seniors vs. 100.[/quote]
Do the math. Look at a good public and count.  They're doing well (better!) and getting into schools GDS and Sidwell can't touch. (Why is another question, it is undeniable there is a favoritism towards public.[/quote]

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