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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 who went to big threes. Public school kid myself. I sat on a committee this year to pick a handful from many for a shot at a free ride at a group of highly competitive schools. First, it’s naive to believe that college admissions people see a 3.3 from NCS as not different than a 4.2 from BCC or McLean. They absolutely know that a 3.5 at Sidwell is a 4.5 at a decent public, so neither public nor private parents should sweat that either way. Pre covid, boards were the tie breaker. Now, kids with poor boards just don’t submit them. It’s very tough to differentiate the 70-th to 95th percentile just on paper. The tie breaker for the top school’s remains what it always has been. Be outstanding on a state if not national class at ‘something’ and have recs that say you always lead.

People need to chill more about the ‘carnage’ or the ‘glory’. They leaders will do fine and the wankers will fail, over the long haul. Been that way now for over a century. [/quote]

No one calls them "boards."  Sorry.[/quote]

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