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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have high school kids at two Big3 schools and have spent way too much time thinking about this. 
[b]The Ivy admits are 90% legacy or athletes or URMs or generally 2 of the 3.  Actually you can probably say 95%.[/b]
I.e. if you're not 2 of the 3 you're not getting into an Ivy from a Big3. Period. 
Might as well cross it off.  Your odds are attending an Ivy are higher from a public.

Now the rest of the top 20 college spots go in part to the top academic achievers.  Some also go to legacy/athletes/URM. 
but many if not most are available to the top "smart kids" (i.e the top 10-20% of the class academically).

The next problem is, how to have one of the "smart kids". It's easier said than done.  The work is hard, grade deflation is real and most
of the kids at the school are smart.  It's not easy to be at the top of the class.

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Nope. My white, non-legacy, non-athlete DD from GDS got into multiple Ivy League schools. [/quote]

If your DD's declared major was CS/ENGINEERING/MATH she would have been considered URM.[/quote]

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