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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one has data because the schools don't want you to know this.

-But talk to any parent of a senior this year or last. 
-Talk to a NW DC college admissions counselor. 
-Look at the schools' student-run Instagram pages from last year and this year (not prefect but give trends)

Listen, we're not making this up for kicks and thrills or to start drama for fun. Pretty much no one is getting in who isn't a minority or an athlete or a big donor's kid. 
OR feel free to keep paying the $55K per year and keep your head in the sand until your kid's senior year and you see this play out with your own kid.  That's honestly probably the best approach.

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Nobody is arguing with you that T20 admissions for unhooked kids from the big 3 are almost nonexistent. [b]We are arguing that DCPS does not have some secret sauce for unhooked kids.[/b] URM and athletics (the most obvious hooks) are not the only hooks getting some DCPS kids in. There is no way for parents to collect this data. It is all rumor and anecdata.[/quote]

I don't think anyone is arguing that DCPS does much better.  If you're white, not a recruited athlete and not a legacy from Jackson Reed you aren't getting into an Ivy either regardless of your grades and resume  (with a tiny percentage of kids slipping through--but honestly this is the same at the Big3--a tiny number of unhooked kids get through).

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In an international applicant pool, the most selective colleges in the US consider the student you describe to be average. And, in that context, they are indeed average.

With that in mind, explain why the most selective schools in the country should admit large numbers of average applicants from this area? The fact that an average applicant needs to rely on contacts in order to gain admission to Harvard ain't breaking news. [/quote]

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