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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The athletic route w $$ is a well know route in my kids private school - they have since graduated. This is the formula :
1. Get accommodations for kids
2. Kid play a sport - not football, basketball, cross country, track or crew but more sports they can play at their country club or private clubs - tennis/squash/lacrosse/sailing/ski
3. Donate $$$ to HS in junior year 
4. Private HS college counselor calls college on behalf of family and also indicate family willing to donate $$$ to college development officer
5. Kid gets in - usually HYP/Stanford/Duke/top 10 privae[/quote

How the heck does #3 help? [/quote]

I work in one of the independent schools people are referencing here. The school isn’t going to make it happen for the kid. That doesn’t mean a parent can’t but a spot. I can’t apeak for the universities themselves. But the high schools aren’t going to bend the rules and risk their reputation to help one student get in somewhere they’re not qualified to attend. High schools WILL call on behalf of waitlisted students, and they will have a conversation about a child, but that’s a whole other thing and has nothing to do with money. A lot of conspiracy theorists on this thread.[/quote]

How many of the kids in your school go to ivies? How close is the relationship between your HS college counselor (the top person) and the top schools admission directors? Ask yourself if it is possible for  your school push all kids equally during SCEA/ED/RD? Of course not.  The HS counselor can’t push all kids that apply to a top school equally - they will only make calls on behalf of families that donated $$$ to the HS.  If your HS college counselors do not do this, then your HS do not have close relationships w the top schools.[/quote]

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