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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you get past the high donor alumni, the athletic recruits, and the high-achieving URMs, there are only so many measly spots available for T20 schools.  Don't blame the CCOs.  If you are not in any of the above three categories, know what you are paying for.  It is not college placement.  It is for a bespoke educational experience for a very privileged/fortunate few.  Your children have had x number of years of getting the best attention to all their educational and formative needs to be high-achieving young adults--no matter where they go to college.  I feel sorry for the CCOs and the school admins in general.  It has become a business, available to the highest bidder.  No institutional respect whatsoever from the parents. [b] When I went to boarding school, even the wealthiest parents (old money) had the good sense to let the admin handle things.[/b]  No one trusts anybody anymore.[/quote]

When you went to boarding school, the admins were capable of handling things. No one wants to tell a parent who has spent 750k+ over 14 years that the amazing education doesn't mean that their kid can do better than Dickenson [/quote]

So, the expectation is to buy one’s DC into a competitive and desirable undergraduate school. Noted.[/quote]

This is not an unreasonable thought.

My impression is that most families view admission into elite private high schools as the first step in the college admissions process.

It is not really buying one's way into a competitive, desirable undergraduate school so much as it is the opportunity for intelligent,focused students to continue to work hard toward the goal of admission into an elite college or university.[/quote]

Of course it’s buying your way in!  And being buddies with the right people and avoiding the undesirables so your connections will help you along the way.  Pay to play.  Always has been.
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