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[quote=Anonymous]Back in the day, we were told that Harvard had or was in the process of developing an experience rating for every HS that had sent students to Harvard.  Basically, the goal is (was) to see how well the grades at that particular HS predicted how well their students did once at Harvard -- and the effect would be a customized multiplier for each school which might either be a grade inflator or deflator.

So I don't think it's a question of a handful of private schools having deep relationships that benefit students.  More like top universities have enough experience with elite local privates to feel like they know what they're getting when they read a transcript/look at letters of recommendation from the school.  Which could explain why not every Sidwell valedictorian looks alike to them and some years nobody gets in.  Whereas the deep relationship/special benefit analysis argues against years in which no one from one of these schools gets in to a particular elite university.  [/quote]

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