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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think feeder schools are working well at all this year.  My kid goes to one in DC and we know others in NYC and results at the elite universities are way down this year.  Tons of deferrals.  The pool of schools that the elite colleges are taking kids from is wider each year.

OP, I have a kid in a similar spot and I'm not feeling particularly optimistic.  If prestige is important to you I would 100% take the Chicago spot. That is what our college counselor advised as well. my kid is not (she is fine with a school ranked 40). [/quote]
I wonder if some of that isn't a reduces preference for legacies.[/quote]

Yes, and just a reduced preference for elite high schools and social media making the world a smaller place each and every year.  It used to be that a smart kid from 80% of the high schools in America would never even think to apply to Yale.  I went to one of these schools. I had a top SAT score and top grades at my rural public but had really never heard of Yale and certainly never knew anyone who attended it. As such, I didn't even contemplate applying--it wasn't even on my radar as a possibility.

Now kids from every inch of the US and abroad are watching the acceptance videos on TikTok and think "why not me?"

My kid was deferred from any Ivy from a private that is usually a feeder.  this year they took one kid whereas in the past they often took 2+ ED (sometimes up to 4!) Meanwhile, if you look at the 2025 DMV Instagrams (found in another post) they took one kid from almost every school on the list.  a far, far wider swath than ever in years past.  [/quote]

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