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[quote=Anonymous]I repeat my view that there's a lot of unwarranted paranoia on this thread.  And the people spreading this paranoia do not react well when you disagree with their worldview.

Here are a few examples of conspiracy theories on this thread, claiming admissions are about money and back-room deals between schools, rather than merit of students (all from the first page, and perhaps only from 1 or 2 people expanding/repeating the same theory):

1. We felt ignored by our exmissions person, as well. ... I think the problems for us may have been that (a) we weren't lifers - we entered after K or 1st, (b) we weren't in a position to donate major bucks, and (c) we didn't volunteer as much, or at least as obviously, as some of the other families. ... I'd love to do a study about whether or not volunteering in a way that gets you face time with the AD and head is an advantage in exmissions

2. ... if Beauvoir has 4 such candidates and one set of parents is a PITA and another set of parents are major donors with other kids potentially in the pipeline, I could certainly see them being more interested in family B getting the exmission result of their dreams than family A. And it can be rationalized as a sort of victimless crime (or even a blessing in disguise) if the decisionmaker is pretty confident that the daughter in family A will do just as well (or better) in a school that isn't her parents' first choice.

3. Your current school has several opportunities to talk to the schools your kid is applying to. ... they talk enthusiastically about ... what some families are going to contribute (in money and/or volunteering) to the next school "family." And maybe their faces don't light up quite as much, or at least they give less airtime, for some other kids.

And here are a few examples of how the conspiracy theorists have responded when someone questions them:

1. you're a school administrator yourself 
2. Talk about drinking the koolaid, that poster drank a bucket if she believes her airy-fairy post
3. You ... are a one-woman wall of jerkiness
4. you're a sock puppet from an OD's office
5. you're just super-defensive

I think 9:17 has the most helpful post so far.  [/quote]

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