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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Insane grade inflation in DCPS:
https://www.swwrookery.com/post/hugely-inflated-are-pandemic-era-grading-policies-doing-more-harm-than-good
A's are given for "any effort at all"

[b]SWW has fantastic college admissions again this year--better than any private.  This is what the DC private school kids are up against with their 
3.4's for working their a$$es off.  🙁

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Can you provide evidence for that?  [/quote]

They're probably the best in the DC for getting unhooked (white/Asian, non-legacy, non athletic recruit) kids into Ivies. This year I don't know exactly but it's probably as many as 10 kids. 
Some are on their Instagram, others I just know about.  In contrast, the Big 3s' are maybe getting in 2 of these kids per class this year.  I have a Big3 kid who attended DCPS until middle school
so we know Walls kids very well as many of my kid's friends attend Walls.  [/quote]

Are you saying Walls is the best public school doing this?

Based on Instagram posts alone, Sidwell is sending 11 students to Ivies this year (and Ivy equivalents—MIT and U of C).  Sidwell also has 25 fewer students per grade than Walls.[/quote]

Did you read my post?  Walls is getting [b]UNHOOKED[/b] kids into the Ivies.  white/Asian/non-legacy/non athletes. 
My understanding is that pretty much all the Sidwell kids are hooked.  You can tell by their Instagram and by some quick googling.
For example, Princeton at Sidwell: one URM, two legacies.  One legacy is also a VIP's kid, I believe the other has a parent who has been active at Princeton post graduation.

Anyway, this is the trend with most if not all Ivy admits from Big3 schools this year. 
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You do realize that legacy status alone won’t get you into any Ivy, right?  A closer look? Perhaps, but that’s it.  I know top students (grades and test scores) who are double Ivy legacies but they were not admitted to their parents’ alma mater.[/quote]

sure, it doesn't get you in but it gets you about a 30% chance vs 3% for the general population.  [/quote]

Citation for the 30% please?  The citation should only include legacies who are NOT also URM, recruited athletes, and the children of big donors.  [/quote]

In fact, a recent Harvard Crimson survey of the 2021 class found that an astounding 29 percent of students — nearly a third — had a relation (parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle etc.) who attended Harvard. This is almost double the proportion in the survey (16.3 percent) who said their parents lack a four-year college degree. NBC News and the Crimson
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The 29% that you cite (without a link) does not apply here.  Harvard only considers children of Harvard College (not University) to be legacies for purposes of admission.  You are NOT a legacy if your aunt/uncle/grandparents/siblings graduated from Harvard College. You are also not considered to be a legacy applicant if your parents graduated from HBS/HLS/or another Harvard University graduate program.

“Are my chances of admission enhanced if a relative has attended Harvard?

The application process is the same for all candidates. Among a group of similarly distinguished applicants, the children of Harvard College alumni/ae may receive an additional look.”

https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq[/quote]

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