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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one has data because the schools don't want you to know this.

-But talk to any parent of a senior this year or last. 
-Talk to a NW DC college admissions counselor. 
-Look at the schools' student-run Instagram pages from last year and this year (not prefect but give trends)

Listen, we're not making this up for kicks and thrills or to start drama for fun. Pretty much no one is getting in who isn't a minority or an athlete or a big donor's kid. 
OR feel free to keep paying the $55K per year and keep your head in the sand until your kid's senior year and you see this play out with your own kid.  That's honestly probably the best approach.

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I'm in this camp. Everyone who is denying the veracity of this thread hasn't been the parent of a 2021 2022 HS senior in a DC top private school. Drop a post here when you get to senior year and see then yourselves that it's all changed. Maybe not for the bad but it's not table stakes you assumed when you signed up 4 or 8 years ago to pay $50k a year for your kids.[/quote]

Once again, no one cares about your anecdotal data. Private school kids have comprised about 40% of Ivy League entering classes for years. Hasn’t changed.[/quote]

This discussion is about how the composition of that 40% has changed. Ten years ago it was 50% hooked kids, 50% unhooked high stats. Today, it’s 95% hooked kids, 5% unhooked high stats. The fact that it’s still 40% of the entering class at Ivies is immaterial. [/quote].

College first Gen applicants are now a 10% admit quota at many private ugrad universities and have displaced the legacy bucket. 
Thanks for those decades of donations and school spirit! [/quote]

I keep reading about first gen. Does that mean immigrants or first one to go to college?

Would an immigrant kid from Asia whose parents didn’t go to college be considered first gen?
How about an immigrant from South America whose parents were college educated?[/quote]

It means your parents did not go to college anywhere. 
Not sure to what extent you need to prove this but your essays are certainly themed around how difficult your life was, a struggling immigrant story, and how a teacher or counselor or non profit took you under their wing to guide you through the American school experience. [/quote]

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