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[quote=Anonymous]Why do people insist on believing that an excellent school ought to be able to turn virtually any kid into an excellent student?  TJ accepts students based solely on their academic achievement and testing. Thus, they are an excellent school working only with excellent students to begin with. Schools like St. Albans accept kids based on aptitude, certainly, but acceptance is also based on legacy, money, other personal qualifications, plus the willingness to pay the tuition, and acceptance often occurs during the elementary school years, when aptitude is less clear. Thus, they are an excellent school working with a broader range of inborn abilities. My kids go to another independent school with statistics like St. A's, and they are receiving excellent educations and have close relationships with brilliant, diverse, and sophisticated teachers and friends -- there is the value. We would never have dreamed that a school would get them into Yale if they didn't have the aptitude to begin with. One statistic will always be true: it will always be impossible for 99 out of 100 to make it into the top 1%.[/quote]

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