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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, why would you count Ivy legacy as a hook, since it's only really applicable to one school.  For all the children who did not get into the particular Ivy that parent attended, it's no hook at all.[/quote]
OP here. DC did not apply to ivy I attended. But my college was listed on the private school application I filled out for her many years ago.
I agree that its only a tip for one place. But in terms of the competition faced by students with no tips at all- its something.
She didn't apply because there were certain things about the school that made it really a bad choice for her and made even the safety school  a better choice for her. So she didn't apply to my college.
When my daughter applied to her private school, I saw that 30% of that year's graduating class went to an ivy. So I assumed, erroneously, that if she was in the top 30% of the class, she would be a candidate for an ivy. As I discovered- so not true!!!
So when she graduated I looked at the numbers for her class. 
Can someone please look at the numbers for your childs class and tell me if this is an anomaly? or is 24 out of 81 usual? That is my question.[/quote]
Hold on a sec, OP.  I'm confused.  Are you asking people to say whether their kids have hooks/tips for [i]college[/i] admission, or for their underlying private [i]primary/secondary[/i] school admission?  It's starting to sound like you're asking people to tally up the various hooks/tips that might have somehow helped with admissions to primary/secondary school.  If so, I suppose that includes things like older sibling at school, etc.  What are you really asking here?[/quote]

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