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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to work in admissions at a small, selective liberal arts school. The name gets thrown around here quite a bit. The posters who want to know what happens with the middle of the class is thinking in the right direction.

What is often not discussed on these boards is what happens with the bottom third of the class at these schools. The top third is fine. They are getting into Ivies and other top schools. The middle third usually ends up at other good-ish (by DCUM standards) selective schools. That bottom third ends up all over the place and it usually isn't great.

The college counselors at schools (StA's is in that bunch) would call us practically begging on some of the students, but we can always tell who is at the bottom of a class.  Selective schools get somewhat snobby when independent schools try to push their bottom third on them and usually WL or flat out deny those students. For example, a school like Davidson may WL StA's top boy bc they know he is a double Harvard legacy and his record is Strong enough to get in, so he isn't coming to Davidson. It isnt worth wasting an admit on that student. Then, they admit the kid in the middle third who is strong and has expressed high interest. When the kid in the bottom third applies, they have to deny him since they did not admit the top boy. Even if they need another boy, they will take him from another school at that point so that decisions seem somewhat consistent within a single school community.

If I had a child who was average, by the  standards of a school like StA, I would send him elsewhere. Probably public, because it is not worth the cost if the child won't even end up at a top school. Save the money to give to the child for graduate school. [/quote]

Thanks, PP.  I've gone through the college admissions process with my DC from a "Big 3" and what you have stated was our experience.  DC was in the top third of her class.  DC2 is at STA.  From reviewing STA's matriculation lists for the last several years and also from being acquainted with some of the families/boys who have shared their grades, test scores, backgrounds, etc., their admissions process (acceptances/rejections) is consistent in what we've experienced and what you stated.

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