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[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 had a 9% acceptance rate last year and Emory had an 11%. Both schools have had acceptance rates lower than 20% for the last 8 years. Their test score have always been high as well, and Emory is a top 20ish school. What are you talking about and why are you comparing them to Wisconsin and UGA? [/quote]

The bigger issue is that schools like Tulane are taking nearly everyone ED.  I believe for the 2022 HS class, 99% were admitted ED.  I have heard that this year it is now like 87%.  No idea what Emory's stats may be.  I bet their stats looked significantly different 3+ years ago.

As a result, the ED acceptance rates are fairly high...40%+.  Certain schools just decided to stop playing the yield game by filling the vast majority of their class ED.[/quote]

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