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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know why you're getting so defensive.  I don't think anyone is sermonizing.  We are just challenging the prevailing notion that sports are of utmost importance and that athletes should receive admission "tips" not granted other students.  Why not send likely letters to the best all-around students instead of the best athletes? And by the way, I'm not arguing this from some "sour grapes" point of view. DD has received likelies from two schools, including an Ivy, and she's not an athlete.  [/quote]

Great -- your daughter should be well-suited to those schools and flourish there.  Similarly, Williams admits students perceived to be a good match for the school's culture, both academically and in terms of community involvement.  The most selective schools are fortunate to have many accomplished applicants, thus admissions decisions turn on fit -- with the college community as a whole and with the class being admitted.  For these applicants, individual decisions might be difficult to accept in the short term, but in the long term most kids bloom where they're planted.         [/quote]

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