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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are lots of parents now who are realizing they "outkicked the coverage" (football term) - by going to super elite schools they actually made it harder for their kids. My spouse and I both went to TT schools. Our kid is extremely smart and in our generation would have gotten in, but it is harder now. With a legacy preference they would be a shoo-in for the schools just below ours, but they don't have that. So now we scramble.

The process is completely awful and screwed up. And I don't know what the answer is. Other than finding out a way to get rid of all of the yield management the schools are doing which has turned it into an awful game.[/quote]

I agree with this.  I went to Harvard but my kid was deferred Duke ED even with very top stats and great ECs.  I have a feeling that if I was a Duke alum, my kid would have gotten in. If I had to do it again, I probably should have gone to Duke also and had more fun (and given my future kids an advantage too).[/quote]

Duke legacy was brutal this year. Lots of deferred in my social circles.

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