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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is indeed a stream of good news out of the private schools and to answer OP’s question, things seem a lot brighter than they did after ED/EA rounds last year.
NCS and STA having great results and congratulations to all the seniors at whatever school they are at. It has been a rough few years for that class of kids all over the US. A lot of work was put in by all these kids and I am thrilled that they are getting the outcomes they were hoping for.
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Somebody is trying hard to spin this.[/quote]

+1.  This is not what I'm hearing at all from my DC at a Big 3. I would say results are mixed, at best. [/quote]
Results are “mixed” at Big 3s for Ivy admissions every year. It’s definitionally linked to their sub-6% acceptance rates. I’m not sure what your point is?

Basic numbers tell the story. On average, every year a school like Sidwell or GDS sends a dozen kids each to an Ivy out of a class of about 125. By comparison, every year Whitman HS also sends about a dozen kids per year on average to Ivies out of a class of 600.

This has not changed in decades. There may be year to year fluctuations but this is essentially it.

What surprises me about all of this is that every year people still seem to not understand how few people actually get in to these schools and we get threads like this.

To repeat, to get into an Ivy from a Big 3 the kid needs to be top 10% in class and have a “hook”. From Whitman it’s top 2% with an incredible CV that would make Tracy Flick blush. That’s it. [/quote]

14:52 here. Thank you for your smart analysis but I'm not talking about Ivys. Read PP's post again; she doesn't mention Ivy either.  Only you seems to believe that factor is important.

I'm saying that normal kids at this Big 3, who are applying ED to normal schools (yes, there are kids who want to go to non-Ivy schools, in case that's news to you) are having mixed results, at best.[/quote]
Love the anecdata. Unfortunately for you the data at the end of the year, every year, tells a different story. [/quote]

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