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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the woman who told us all to calm  down… Funny that you’re on here reading these posts isn’t it? And to the one who said their kid got into a top 15 compared to the public… I don’t believe you.[/quote]

This is an anonymous board so hopefully you will never know who I am but I can’t believe you think there is not a single private school kid who is not an athlete, legacy minority, or first-gen getting into a top 15 school.  The world is really big.  Of course there are kids with that profile.

What I do agree with is schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton are going to be hard from anywhere, including privates when only 3 of every 100 kids are admitted.  But I have a hard time being sad if my kid doesn’t go to Yale if they have other great options. I am not arguing there is no advantage going to a better school but rather there is no meaningful difference in outcomes between graduates any of the, say, top 40 schools.  Are you really going to be upset because a kid is going to Northwestern instead of Harvard?  Not me.

And, to the posters who say their high stats kids have no choices in the top 100 or 200, that is not the experience with which I am familiar or see when looking at the senior class Instagram accounts.  I don’t doubt your story but I think it seems to be out of the norm IRL, despite the prevalence of posters on this board.

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