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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The how pay to play doesnt necessarily mean bad quality.

My son is at Princeton now and he spent 2.5 weeks at Sciences Po summer program. It was an amazing program and experience for him.
High Quality: check
Recognized by top schools: check
100% Merit Based?  Not quite. Sure there is an application process, but I’m not sure it is very selective. The only 4 kids I know that went there were accepted. [/quote]

What does “recognized” mean? What Sumer program would not be “recognized”?

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NP.  It's a polite way of saying the AOs are aware that Sciences Po is one of the most prestigious schools in France without having to look it up.  It's a name brand place.

That probably was a big draw on the app.  Because it's an elite marker.  Random middle class bright American kids don't randomly decide to go abroad to Harvard-level foreign schools for summer programs.  Because they and their parents haven't heard of them.

I only know about the school because I was a French minor and I took a class on comparative EU government in government.  It's a school that French politicians graduate from.  Most countries have schools like this.

AOs are more familiar with foreign schools because they have to be familiar to do their jobs.

It's nice of PP to share a tip about the school's summer program as some lucky and determined parent or kid may find out about it who wouldn't have otherwise known to look.[/quote]

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