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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other thing is that there are all sorts of favors that are called in by parents to get bottom 50% kids into these schools. This doesn't generally (or ever) work at the Ivies or top 30s (even with the very top kids) but schools like Wesleyan will totally take a kid based on the family knowing a board member or similar.  I see it happen every year (kid 3 is a senior). Once you're out of the top 20-30 schools, "who you know" can mean A LOT. [/quote]

Yes, this happens at EVERY elite college/university. That’s not what OP is asking about. [/quote]

No, it doesn't happen at the top schools because they don't care and don't bend to much.  The schools that kids from the bottom of the class apply to DO bend to phone calls etc.  And so the results for bottom-of-the-class kids can be quite distorded from a top private.  You can have an unconnected bottom kid headed to a school ranked 150 while a connected kid will pull out a top75 school because someone made a call. There is a lot more distortion in these lower level kid acceptances. [/quote]

Everything else you write here might be right, but the first sentence is 100% wrong.  [/quote]

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