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Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

I think the issue isn't URM, or recruited athletes or donor families, those can come from public too. It is the issue of legacy. I think it is telling how many students get into MIT, if any, as MIT does not use legacy as an element of consideration within their admissions.

Exactly this: Legacy
The low MIT numbers show that.

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing of lots and lots of deferrals....

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

I think the issue isn't URM, or recruited athletes or donor families, those can come from public too. It is the issue of legacy. I think it is telling how many students get into MIT, if any, as MIT does not use legacy as an element of consideration within their admissions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

I think the issue isn't URM, or recruited athletes or donor families, those can come from public too. It is the issue of legacy. I think it is telling how many students get into MIT, if any, as MIT does not use legacy as an element of consideration within their admissions.

that's right - it's a requirement that all alums of top colleges send their kids to private schools. We're not allowed to send our kids to public school, so no legacy admits there . . .

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

I think the issue isn't URM, or recruited athletes or donor families, those can come from public too. It is the issue of legacy. I think it is telling how many students get into MIT, if any, as MIT does not use legacy as an element of consideration within their admissions.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of UVA ED disappointment yesterday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

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Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

And so the other 40% goes to these schools based on STA's website

Auburn, Babson, BC, BU, BYU, Univ. of British Columbia, Bucknell, Berkeley, UCLA, CMU, Case Western, Catholic, Clemson, Colgate, College of Charleston, Univ of CO, Conn College, Denison, Drew, Fordham, Elon, Georgia Tech, Hillsdale, Indiana U, Kentucky, Lehigh, LSU, Univ of MD, Miami U, Univ. of Miami, UMich, Montgomery College Morehouse, Mt. St. Mary's, The New School, NYU, UNC, Northeastern, Ohio Wesleyan, Penn State, Pitt, Providence, RPI, RI School of Design, RIT, Santa Clara, Shepherd, USC, SMU, Univ. of St. Andrews, St. John's, Syracuse, UT, Trinity, Tufts, Vermont, UVA, Wake Forrest, Whittier, Whitworth, Univ. of WI, College of Wooster, WPT

The STA list doesn't look that different from lists at other schools except that it doesn't say how many kids have enrolled at these schools in the past 5 years. According to you, about 80 kids from STA have enrolled at Ivies in the past 5 years (20% of class). If that's true, STA should publish that info. I think people would want to know. I wonder why they don't...

Because it’s not any of your business. They publish exact numbers every year in the alumni magazine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.

The "Big 3" don't tell you how many of those students are recruited athletes, donor families, highly connected or under represented minorities. Take those numbers with a grain of salt.

Anonymous wrote:STA sends about 20 percent of its class to Ivies, 20 percent to top ranked SLACS, and about 20 percent of its class to Chicago and Tulane.