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[quote=Anonymous] All the legacy kids that I know who have gotten into Ivies have been highly qualified and have multiple hooks. Parents who want this for their kids start working on a plan early.[/quote] This is our experience at TT school in NYC. Legacy kids are often highly qualified if not the very top of the class, but legacy families know the game very well and plot this path out early on. At our school, many legacy families are also donating substantially if not necessarily endowing chairs (which is also happening). Unhooked families only figure out the rules late in the game and, though their kids might be the very top of their class academically, cannot compete with in-the-know families. It goes without saying that athletics (+legacy) is a cheat code for old money white families whose kids can't compete academically. [/quote]
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