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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At both schools - and all other "top" privates (and W public HSs or VA equivalent top public HSs) in metro DC, the "top" college acceptances are driven mostly by hooks (legacy donor, VIP, special art/music talent, fake non-profit run by student, college recruit for Lacrosse, etc.) not by the academics.

Unhooked students with higher GPAs often are still at a disadvantage to a legacy child of a wealthy donor to the top college. [/quote]

This is true - but PP left out that URMs with very solid grades/test scores will leapfrog the unhooked students who have higher grades and more rigor. Colleges know these kids have gotten a great HS education and have succeeded in a highly competitive environment - they trust that these kids will do great at their colleges and also provide the diverse voices they are looking in their community. And they do.  (this is not a complaint...but it's a fact...a high profile brand name private HS helps the colleges to feel ok dipping deeper into the student pool to grab unhooked students with the profiles they are looking for - whether that be legacy, sports, talent, urm, first gen)[/quote]

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