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[quote=Anonymous]As irony would have it, a 3.5 with either a legacy (assuming moola donation per diems met) or a sports recruiting preference has it all over the 4.0 with no bump. Sidwell is a strong private school, but there are many others like that. It's delusional to think that an Ivy or a NECSAC takes kids from any elite private these days.

More and more it is about where you get a graduate degree in most desired professions, so going to any decent college and again getting great grades matters more than just getting a boost to attend Duke or an Ivy. My son has private lessons from a Dartmouth graduate who is unemployed and living with his parents. Success in life is hard earned and requires a pattern of success and achievement at every step.

A kid with a 3.5 at Sidwell is a great kid with a great future, but how great is up to him / her regardless of where the kid attends undergrad. Remember, a 3.8 at Kenyon is likely to find a decent first job or gain entrance to a fine grad school. A 2.6 in sociology at Duke = giving back yard lacrosse lessons to kids at $75 in cash paid by a loser like me who went to Chico State but started and sold a company for over $100 mil. I love the "where did you go to college" thing at coctail parties. It suits my asshole nature so well. [/quote]

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