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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP it reads from your post that your child has not "yet" been admitted to the "top Ivy" you desired for him or her, and that you are attributing "tips" as the reason that some of her/his classmates were admitted early, while he or she was deferred.

First, your child will likely be admitted to one or more of the good schools they applied to, in the regular round.  Second, please realize that there are so many good colleges and universities where your child will thrive and succeed, aside from the "top Ivies".  And third, please do not discuss your "tip" theory around your great student, because you do not want to pass on your own personal insecurities or resentment to him or her.  [/quote]

OP here. My child was admitted to Princeton early and Harvard regular. She was born with brains and worked hard and had a tip which she did not use, and in my opinion was lucky. I am not sour grapes but I realize how easy it is to hear a tone or attitude which isn't in the post- because why would anybody post about this if not for sour grapes?  I am posting because this is the situation at ONE school- the only one I know about, and I was wondering how it is at other schools. Its not hard to figure these numbers out if you have a relatively small class and know most of the people because you have been there for many years. I didn't google anyone!! If your kid started in 9th grade it would be hard to know this information as there aren't as many opportunities for parent interaction in the upper school years. I truly don't mean to offend anyone or suggest that ivy admission is the only positive outcome of private school attendance. I don't need a volunteer job, but thanks to the well-wishers who tried to fix me up with one.[/quote]

OP, then let me give you this example.  In my DC's class several years ago there was a Caucasian student who was admitted early to one of H/Y/S/P.  By your standards, this student had no "tips", they were NOT a recruited athlete; not a URM; not a Rockefeller or a Gates; just a student born with brains and talent who worked hard.  However, if you knew that family well you might know that one parent was the head of a very well-known academic institution and that [b]the grandmother was a well-known pop-culture figure of the 1970s.[/b]  The universities probably knew these things (certainly about the parent's employment), and I would argue that they are just as much a "tip" as any of those factors you have mentioned.

Did your child, perhaps, possess a "tip" for Princeton and Harvard because one of her/his parents or grandparents were prominent, well-known, or respected in their fields?  I would not doubt it.

Also, really, as your are the parent of a Harvard or Princeton student I think that it is especially reprehensible that you feel that you must distinguish and differentiate your child's college admission from that of his/her fellow students.  I certainly hope that she or he did not pick up on your prejudices, and take them to college -- considering themselves somehow elevated above the URM, student athlete, and those other fellow students with a "tip". [/quote]

Seriously? You think that H/Y/P/S let a kid in because their GRANDparent was a faded pop star?

"This kid is not really up to par, but her grandmother was Julie on The Love Boat."

"Oh, then we better take her!"[/quote]

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