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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprised at all the people suggesting Davidson as a laid back option. Students may be nice but that school is intense!  And it has a 15% acceptance rate (we have no stats from OP so it may be a completely unrealistic option with the minimal details provided). Let’s be honest, this is a selective college for really high-achieving kids, not a low-key and relaxed environment.[/quote]

It’s actually a relatively easy admit from local private schools.  I know multiple unhooked kids admitted from our academically rigorous  private who didn’t take top rigor and/or weren’t within top 20 percent of class.  Also a lot of student athletes since it’s less than 2000 students, and still competes D1.

I don’t believe op indicated if coming from public or private, but slacs still seem to give private schools a decent size preference.[/quote]

14.5% admit rate is NOT relatively easy. Welcome to 2024![/quote]

It’s over 80 percent from our private.  Some slacs love private schools.  I only mention because may be relevant to op.[/quote]

Last year, Davidson had a class of 490 students from 443 DIFFERENT high schools. Their yield is 50%. That means your high school probably had one, maybe two or three admits at most. To have an 80% admit rate from your school, you must have had four applications and three admits. But, had ten kids applied, there is no chance that eight would have been admitted. BTW, every school, even Harvard, takes more kids from their metro/state area. Most colleges see it as part of their community responsibility. 
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It’s a private high school with around 80 kids per class.  Six kids attending Davidson from past two classes (grad years 2022 and 2023), literally a sea of green on Naviance.  I’m aware of this because my senior considering applying based mostly on the favorable odds from her high school, but ultimately felt that Davidson was too small and did not apply.

Not sure why you are so personally offended by this.  It is a known phenomena that some slacs  really like private schools, lperhaps because it is a similar environment, or maybe because of the likelihood of full pay.  [/quote]

I’m not offended. It’s just that you oversold your comment. Six students in two years is hardly a “sea of green” - maybe an island.  And, an “80% admit rate” based on 8 applications over two years from your rigorous private is hardly a statistical sample for the masses.

Your comments seem like a simultaneous Davidson put down and humblebrag. It’s best that your daughter didn’t apply/attend if she has your attitude. [/quote]

My attitude is the issue?  All I said was that admissions to Davidson can be easier coming from a private school, and the admit rate from ours was high.  You’ve been on a weird mission to disprove this because you apparently see it as a slight to your child.
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