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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who was an admissions counselor. The students at small privates definitely get more attention and shepherding through the process than students at larger publics often get. A PP brings up a great point, a student who is going to be top off the top at a school like StA is likely going to be at the top at a good public as well. Those students fare just as well in admissions as long as the rest of the record is strong (scores, resume etc).

The thing about the extra attention - if the student is weak, getting a pleading call from a counselor did not sway me or my colleagues often. It is actually a topic that comes up regularly over drinks at professional conferences and such. My peers at other like schools felt the same way about private school counselors.

Where the pleading DID come into play successfully was with wait list students who were full pays. A call from a counselor at that point saying that student X will enroll and withdraw his application for aid because they can pay full freight, now that can tip a student from WL to admit.  But the WL is a whole different ball game. [/quote]

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