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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at our school. The college admits follow the GPAs. I know this doesn't follow your drama narrative but it's the case at my kids' Big3--I have seen it play out several times with several kids. The kids getting into the top colleges are the kids at the top of the class or academically strong kids with legacy at the colleges or minorities--not random big donor kids at the high school. Some of the biggest donors in my kids' classes had kids matriculate to the least competitive schools in the class. Big3 school does not have specific pull at top10 University A: "hey, please take this mediocre, big donor kid. We owe it to this family." They just don't. [/quote] At my school, the kids with alumni/donor hooks to the college (e.g., Harvard) were the ones who got into the Ivys, NOT the high GPA / strong academic students, and this was true even for students whose parents had Ivy hooks but were not significant donors to the private school.[/quote]
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