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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The flippant comments of the HOS are all the more infuriating when the fact is that most of the Big3 parents I know are not wringing their hands because their kid isn't getting into Harvard or Duke or Stanford.  They are worried because their child, who has good grades, test scores, ECs, recs, etc., and who is busted their butt in school for the last four years, is getting deferred from Wisconsin, Tufts, Emory and Georgia.  These are all good schools and 2-3 years ago, a strong (but not superstar) student at a Big 3 would have been an auto admit.  But now these kids are being deferred. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks, but many families are really questioning whether the slog of a Big 3 high school is worth it.[/quote]

Tufts acceptance rate is 13% and Emory is 14%. Why would anyone be an auto-admit?[/quote]

Ok, "auto admit" was a poor choice of words and is obviously rankling some people.  My point was just that good, but not tippy top, schools that strong Big 3 students were accepted at regularly a few years ago are now seeing many, many deferrals.  These threads always imply that Big 3 parents have their panties in a bunch because their special snowflake is not getting into Yale.  That is absolutely not what's happening, by and large.  Most Big 3 parents send their kids to these schools because they believe in the education.  But is it hard to see your kid work herself to the bone for four years and get deferred from Wisconsin when her neighbor down the street -- an equally smart, engaging and accomplished kid -- who did minimal work at Wilson gets in.

By the way, my kids are in early HS and MS, so I'm just sharing experiences of friends and am looking ahead for my own kids.  [/quote]
You're gross.[/quote]

Different poster here who has had high schoolers at both a Big3 and JR (formally Wilson). The Big3 requires at least 4 times the work that my other kids did at Wilson.  It's night and day.  
I have a 4th kid and we're not sure what we're going to do with this kid as I think the sweat spot is somewhere between the two options we've tried so far.

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The comparison between “the Big 3” and a large public school is meaningless…that’s great that your kid at the fancy private had way more work but so what? Most kids at Wilson don’t have families that can shell out $50k/year …should colleges just shun the public school kids?

Also, after 9th grade, Wilson kids get plenty of work if they choose rigorous courses. My kids easily had 2-3 hours per night…I’m sure less than top privates, but not a quarter as much.[/quote]

We are not shelling out $50K for private--my kid gets aid.[/quote]

Oh! Wait a minute. You got financial aid to attend, and you’re pissed that your kid did not get into the most elite schools. Yeah, it doesn’t work that way. [/quote]

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