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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your high school defines you destiny (for 95% of kids).

Some high schools limit how high you can reach

Some limit how fall you can fall.

High school name is the most important data on the application [/quote]

It is true. My niece whose Dad and Mom are college educated well off and not URM of any type. He is Irish, she is German both third generation American sent their kid to a 99 percent low income minority school. My niece got offers everywhere. She was first in years to apply to t25 school out of that HS. Which is in paper more for drug dealing and shooting. I think 50 percent of HS drops out before graduation.

If she was in TJ or a W school those grades she be at Towson or JMU     [/quote]

And on the flip side. Going to a private HS where 40% of kids are admitted to a T25, means your 3.8uw goes to an Ivy.
There is a good old LONG thread on here about how it works - both at the top-end high schools and those on the very bottom (like your niece).[/quote]

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