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[quote=Anonymous]"They’ll never publish because it would actually make things like test scores and grades much more important in the process. I have no experience with Visi but my daughter was accepted to very competitive schools with mediocre test scores. We had no hook-just great kid who interviews very well and is very well liked in community (glowing recs). This is not quanitifiable. Private schools in the area are not just looking for high test scores and grades. They are looking for interesting kids with differing strengths. The grades and test scores are necessary to make sure they can do the work."

Being charming works sometimes.

The school is trying to build a balanced class. Not too many not-so-bright athletes. Not too many one-dimensional academic stars. They'd love to have everything, but even that doesn't work sometimes as a previous poster pointed out based on her experience. They are extremely adverse to admitting anyone who might be an academic, social or disciplinary problem for them or who are dragging along parents who might be. That's why they prefer students from schools they have a relationship with and a co-dependence.

And they have to satisfy all the disparate groups from alums, to faculty to coaches to the feeder schools to the financial office.

Building these balanced classes is part science and part art. It's the art part of this that many parents don't understand and that the school isn't going to necessarily share with them. [/quote]

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