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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Phillips Academy Andover, the most elite prep school in America only got 4 kids into Harvard in 2025. In the class of 2023 12 kids got into Harvard. Similar trends are at other top schools with only 6 getting into Yale in 2025 and 12 getting in 2023. Only 4 matriculated to Penn in 2025 compared to 7 in 2023. Only 13 got into UChicago, compared to 21 getting into UChicago in 2023. The trend holds across most elite schools such as Northwestern, Duke, etc.

There seems to be serious anti-elite trends in college admissions. They clearly see these kids as "privileged" and are holding it against them. In this new era, you might just be better off sending your kid to public school.

https://d2e3a5v56wj8r4.cloudfront.net/files/CCO_Profile_2024-2025.pdf

https://d2e3a5v56wj8r4.cloudfront.net/files/SchoolProfile2023-2024.pdf[/quote]

Phillips was a school that got rid of AP. When schools get rid of AP and also has rules making advocacy calls it makes it difficult to elevate top students. It is not impossible but more difficult. This is a reality that many parents do not realize. Hopefully this important discussion will gain traction. Colleges have thousand and thousands of applicants and AP allows colleges to compare in an impartial manner. I have yet to understand how getting rid of AP has helped top students. I have heard the teaching to test is not ideal but if it hurts your placement then I would rather have AP.

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To clarify, Andover banned advocacy calls from their own counselors? Or did colleges stop taking them?[/quote]

not sure on this. Sorry.[/quote]

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