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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid goes to a Big3 school with significant grade deflation.  It appears that the kids are not doing well at all with college admits this year.  Maybe 5 kids total got EDs so far?
I know multiple kids who were deferred or rejected at University A or B when their peers at less competitive privates and publics were admitted to University A or B. 
These are really smart and hard working kids but the school is such that only 1/12 kids in some classes are granted an A. 
Is the grade deflation catching up?  I just wonder what admissions really thinks when all the applicants from our school have GPAs under 3.8, many quite a bit under.

Am I just worrying too soon in the admissions season or have you noticed this too?
I have an underclassman.

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I think it's too early.

The pattern I have seen this year is that there were many deferrals (and some rejections) in ED across all the private schools (not just Big X but also others).  Our DC went to a k-8 so we know kids at a variety of the local school.  ALL admits to the most competitive schools ("top 10-15") that we know were legacy. It was even legacy for kids that got into schools more in the 30's with ED admits.

I know only one ED that wasn't a hook and that student had chosen a school significantly lower than others. They love the school, it's a great school but the student was VERY competitive stats-wise for the school.  Unlike other EDs we know - this student didn't use ED to try to get into an uber competitive school (albeit still competitive school for others).

From what we've seen, I get the feeling that colleges are moving away from using ED as a way to snag full pay and are waiting for RD to determine those kids. ED seems to be heavily slanted to athletes, legacy, URM this year (I know it has always included those - but this year it seems ONLY those).

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When you say “legacy”, do you mean a parent went there and maybe gives a token amount per year or that a parent went there and is spending serious money annually on the school’s alumni push?[/quote]

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