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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s clear on one college admissions thread after another than Big 3 parents are truly unhinged.  You know what else was “just talk?”   That there was a pizza parlor in NW that was a cover for a pedophile ring.  That the election was stolen. Etc.

Chitter chatter among your privileged children that then arrives to you is a very unreliable source as to who is applying where to college, who is applying ED, and who has what grades, test scores and legacy status.  You all need to chill out and worry about your own kid.

The simple fact is this:  multiple kids from the same high school often apply to the same colleges, and you’re never going to know how many and what their numbers are.  Many colleges fill up a large proportion of their entering classes with ED admits.  If your kid is well within the zone for a particular college with their stats, and you are full pay, you have as good as chance as any applicant at getting in ED regardless of whether somebody else in your kid’s class has better numbers.  [b]They’ll get in, too. [/b]

Seriously, Big 3 posters, doesn’t all of your constant competing exhaust you?  What are you going to do to fill your time when the kids are gone?[/quote]
 This is simply not true. DC is but a blip in the numbers of people applying the these schools from around the entire world. The schools will not take all applicants that could do well there. They limit the number of accepted students from any particular geographic area, and then from each school within that area. It is a small number who will get into the school your child thinks is their dream school. Your kid needs to have a list of "first choices" and be realistic. That's when parenting comes in. I agree with PP that there is too much hype about all this. But it is at other schools too, not just "Big 3".[/quote]

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