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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn't new. The top 100-150 schools are great and there are high stat kids at all of them.[/quote]

Our high-stats kid is at what DCUM would term a second-tier school, simply because of money.  We can't pay for a top tier school, so DC didn't apply to any.

It's not a problem.[/quote]

Same with ours.  Happy with our choices.

[b]Really, from what I've seen the only thing that takes even the most super-qualified, top stats, national awards etc. out of "crap shoot" territory for the top ranked schools is a strong legacy connection, major donors, recruited athletes and preferably more than one of these.  If you see "lots" of kids around you getting into those schools I'm guessing you know a lot of legacy kids. Still need that high-level profile but there are really very few spots for the unhooked.[/quote][/b]

+1000 THIS. Read it and believe it. The kids at our school that have already gotten into Ivies, Stanford, and other top 10 schools fall into these categories. A few are also URM, which isn’t mentioned. [/quote]

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