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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our FCPS, the kids getting into top 10 schools + ivies are overwhelmingly from these 3 categories:

ROTC with very good grades/SATs who are usually also getting appointed to one of the military academies

Underrepresented minorities with good grades/SATs  This is the biggest group.  Our school is almost entirely upper middle class, if that make a difference.  Some are immigrant families, not from asia though.

Music students with very good grades and high SATs.  Not necessarily music majors though, just good enough at an instrument or vocally to submit a very high level music supplement.

I don't recall the last time a high stat white or asian kid from our high school got into an Ivy level school without music or ROTC.  Based on our school, the biggest hooks are URM, ROTC and music, all 3 with high grades and SATs.[/quote]

As an FCPS teacher, I fully agree. ROTC and/or URM students are getting into top schools.  I haven't seen the music hook, but maybe it's not as big at my school.[/quote]

No athletes?[/quote]

To play their sport? No. Each year a very small handful get recruited to play for a state flagship (like 1-2 out of a graduating class of 600+) and another 15ish go on to play at tiny schools I’ve had to google to learn where they are.

If you mean “are the kids who get into top schools athletes”, some are, but not to the level it would differentiate them from the kid who has any other hobby for 4 years. The drama kid, church volunteer kid, art kid, animal shelter volunteer, or debate kid all are pretty evenly successful (or not successful) in gaining admission to top schools.

Oh, one other one. I’ve had 2 kids in 2 years who got into the same Ivy their parent went to. Would they have gotten in anyway? Maybe. They were good, capable kids, but I suspect the fact that in one case the interviewer was dad’s old roommate in college helped![/quote]

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