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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that the move to get rid of APs was a misstep.

While people here are saying that admissions staff know the grading policy at Big 3 schools, I also read that many colleges have had to employ temp staff to weed through the exploding  number of applications.  I am skeptical that some temp has full knowledge of all schools they encounter.

If grade deflation is harming students, why do the people paying fees to these high schools put up with it, especially if college admissions results are suffering.

Adding to this, the admissions criteria are changing and maybe this is catching up to private schools a few years later than it did with public high schools where top performing students have been complaining about being shut out for some time.  Even though our kid had top grades and scores that were better than most accepted students at top ivies, we didn't expect that she'd get in because of these institutions' changing priorities.

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My understanding is that the first cull occurs at the level of the regional reps, for the private colleges that have them, which is most of the top private colleges/universities. I could be wrong.

State universities have so many apps they rely more on stats. [/quote]

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