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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t school can really change the basic qualities of a boy - his intelligence, resilience, drive.  Remember a lot of the STA kids get a significant leg up because they are the grandson of senator so and so. And still the college placement is not stellar.  If you’re UMC, you’ll do just as well at a good public school.  You won’t be competing for the Harvard spot with someone like Al Gore VII[/quote]

Actually, in our experience, the reverse is true.

That is, the people in the college counselling office are generally appalled when someone "jumps the line" whether that's because of "connections", the college being interested in the celebrity son or grandson, or even Athletics. The counselors know this happens every year, but they have little power to prevent it.

They are the ones that have to try and explain to the parents of the smart, hard-working kid, who didn't get into his or her school of choice, how weaker students were accepted.

College counselors would much prefer a more orderly, predictable college admissions process in which applicants are judged on a more objective basis. [/quote]

That’s what they tell the poor hardworking average son of anonymous surgeon or accountant.
Even if that were true, that’s the problem with a place like STA.  Harvard and Yale are only going to accept one or two each from the STA class.  Whether through the bias of the college counseling or the college admissions office, that spot will probably go to the scion of the celebrity.
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