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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not *that* random. The top students still get into the top schools, although they generally can’t count on getting into a specific one. [/quote]
Yeah, this.  Seems highly unlikely that a top student from the Big 3 is going to be shut out of the top colleges, even if multiple rejections/WLs are still quite possible or even probable.[/quote]

This is no longer true and is the reality that people don't want to talk about or admit, especially after spending $40K-$50K per year per kid. Lots of kids get As at the Big 3, probably around 25%-30% depending on the school. They may not all get high As, but they get As and A-s and then an even larger percentage get all As with one or two Bs. You're basically looking at 50%-60% of the class getting As or mostly As and a few Bs. The top 14-18% of students may be able to get into top 25 universities if they have things going for them more than just grades. The remaining 80% of students have less luck. Parents all like to think their child will fall into the top 20% of the class, but 80% won't and that's a fact. This means 80% of students, many of whom get mostly As, don't get into top 25 or even top 40 schools. It's just a reality.[/quote]

Anecdotally this doesn’t match what we’ve seen either for the grades or the college admissions. [/quote]

Not even anecdotally. At my kids' private last year, over 50% of the class went to top 15 schools. That's not an anecdote, it's fact. By the way, my kid wasn't one of them. Bottom 10% of the class--still at major university in top 60 USNWR.[/quote]

Do tell, what school? I call total BS.[/quote]

Sounds like GDS results - 2020 was a strong class. [/quote]

I agree. I have a class of 2022 kid at GDS, and I've heard from the counselors that they are similar in academic focus to 2020, so I might expect an uptick in Top20 applications next year. Both my kid and their advisors have always said that the class of 2021 are much more free-spirited and they didn't apply to as many HYPS as the prior two classes to begin with. Maybe it's a bit of an excuse but we've heard that for a couple of years.

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The problem for the 2021 class universally is that a lot of 2020s deferred enrollment until fall 2021. That meant more 2020s got admission offers at top schools and that fewer seats were available to 2021s. This situation is unlikely to persist in 2022. [/quote]

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