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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing I would do differently:  pay more attention to where DC's classmates are applying, especially the recruited athletes and alumni/ big donor/ child-of-someone famous kids.

I didn't think to ask, and the college counselors might not have told us if I had, but other kids and parents seemed to know.  In retrospect, we could have saved time, money, and emotional energy had I done more homework on this aspect.

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Did it make a difference?[/quote]

Yes, I believe so. DC, from a very small high school, was rejected at a SLAC where two recruited athletes from their school had already committed. DC was accepted at other SLACs with similar (or more stringent) admissions standards, so it's likely they would have at least been in the running had no classmates been already recruited as athletes. But there's no way such a small school was going to accept many/ any additional unhooked applicants from the same small high school . . . .

DC wasn't ever completely in love with the school (though might have loved it on accepted students' day!).  Had I realized that recruited athletes already nailed down two slots, I would have advised redirecting attention and application fees.

That said, DC was accepted at another wonderful school!  So might have not made a difference in the end but paying when rejection is so highly likely is something I would have tried harder to avoid[/quote]

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