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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting. A couple of things stood out to me.

The outer pointlessness of applying to Harvard - 4/293. That's ridiculous. Save your $85 and have a nice meal.

What a great safety Indiana is - 232/322. Totally underrated school.

And how challenging Vanderbilt is - 12/233. And Duke - 17/368.

It's tough out there. [/quote]

Grade inflation.  So many kids get very, very high grades in MCPS.  Anything 89.5% is an A. Quarters are averaged so that an A and B equal an A.  It's really hard to do poorly if you're a kid who cares at all.  Hence you have almost 400 kids applying to Duke 
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So true. 
Meanwhile 3 kids from a small private get in…[/quote]

There's an article in today's NY Times about how the most common college that girls at Brearley (fancy NYC private school) matriculate to is Harvard.  So much has to do with preferences for legacies and big donors. [/quote]

Excuse me — that’s “The Brearley School”.  My college roommate went there.  You can’t forget the article — I think they charge extra for that.[/quote]

Too bad those girls can't get into THE Ohio State University. [/quote]

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