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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complaining about this problem on this board will get you no where.

Yes, it is a problem, and not just for private school kids.  Some years the cut off is higher and some years it is lower.

Every year exceptionally qualified students don't make it in.  There just aren't enough spaces for all who are qualified.

The current process for admissions does not particularly select for the absolute best students.

Bringing back the requirement for an admissions test (any admissions test) would be one way to have an apples to apples means to test for entrance.

As it is now, lots of good students are admitted.

It's also possible now that certain schools are privileged over others regardless of whether they are better at educating their students.

Schools that don't have teachers who write good admissions letters are not setting their students up for success.

Schools like Basis who tend to give worse grades (perhaps in part so that their kids won't leave for greener pastures) are also not helping their students get into SWW (or other application schools).[/quote]

I feel that someone taking no honors classes from a lousy school like Stuart Hobson isn’t qualified. Sorry.  That said maybe our current school is a better fit anyway. [/quote]

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