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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last week, the Head of School for our Big3 DC private reminded parents that college admissions is "not a meritocracy."  He was not glib about this but seemed to be acknowledging it.  He also said that the "college admissions system is broken.'

In the senior class this year, the kids of families with considerable money, privelege, and notoriety (as in nationally-known companies and public figures as well as 'old money') are  doing really well in admissions. Really well.  It's eye-opening and rather disgusting, considering what I know about the relative achievements of the kids (admittedly, I don't know all). But the overall results for the school is not good -- but for these kids, it's starkly good.

Are many schools seeing similar results -- along Wisconsin Avenue?[/quote]

Might be same school but last week the CCO at our school put it in writing that there is no competitive advantage in college admissions in attending the school. So you essentially pay a huge amount of money, get worse grades, and get no advantage now in the eye of colleges who used to at least recognize that the level of work done is high at these schools.[/quote]

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