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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m kind of annoyed by all the emphasis on college admission - it makes the high schools take primarily kids who will have the hooks (legacy, athletics) [/quote]

What do you think they should emphasize, summer vacations?!?  These are High school seniors.[/quote]

I think they should emphasize academic and extracurricular achievement. Not just legacy and sports.[/quote]

It’s not a zero sum game, the legacies also need great academics and extracurriculars/sports to get in.  It’s gotten that competitive.[/quote]

Legacies have a 33% chance of admission at Harvard vs 3% for general population. I doubt legacies are 11x more accomplished [/quote]

Perhaps in the old days.  In my family, one of us went to Stanford, one to MIT for undergrad.  Both went to Yale Law (where we met). Both Summa Cum Laude as undergrads.  Our kids are pretty smart and we made sure they were driven and engaged.  Their doing well is a lot of things beyond their being hooked.  Finally, grandparents did not have great opportunities (ie we were not hooked ourselves). One set are immigrants and the other, only one went to community college after serving in Vietnam.

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