This is an important consideration.
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try looking up the class accounts - like (schoolname)co29 and go through the followers
they have that?! Where r u going?
probably uwc 
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niceee what do u like wbt it
one of my friends is going too!
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Great point. The fact that my child attended multiple summer camps and service trips probably helped propel him into our dream school (wink 
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I don’t understand why that would help, especially since socioeconomics can prevent amazing applicants from going
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Has anyone received a package for accepted students from Andover yet? (I haven’t).
the davis scholarship program 
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i have yet to recieve my deerfield package 
well when it comes its rlly good u will like it… lwk is sooooo creative
Yes, I have but I just received it. It will come don’t worry! What’s your top right now?
I think it would help because schools also look if one is mature, if they do not believe the student is mature then they won’t accept them. I went to multiple sleepaways and put that on my application too (they were educational). I think in general even if the child is young but they show maturity then yes they have a higher chance of getting in.
shows out for delivery today….
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Yes!!! YAYYYY
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We should probably emphasize that none of us actually knows what the conversation was like when any given applicant was being discussed at any of these selective schools. We didn’t read the actual recommendations, we didn’t sit in on the interviews, we didn’t participate in the discussions of their institutional priorities for enrollment this cycle, we didn’t evaluate the rest of their applicant pool, we didn’t review whatever sort of yield analysis they do . . . and they are never going to tell us.
Obviously this is frustrating for objectively competitive applicants who did not get the offers they were hoping to get. But that’s the basic nature of highly selective holistic review, it inevitably produces outcomes that outsiders don’t have the information they need to explain.
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Response to parents weekends question:
Deerfield has parents’ weekends in the fall and spring. The format is probably similar across many of these schools. Fall is definitely a bigger event and most parents try to attend. The school does a wonderful job in showcasing student activities. Parents attend classes with their students on the Friday (parents love it, students not so much). There is always a dance showcase, a theater performance, meetings with advisors and the usual sports games on the Saturday afternoon.
I would say that in Fall nearly all parents try to attend but given that some parents would need to fly 14+ hours to attend, it isn’t 100%. Advisors tend to host activities for the kids left on campus after Fall parents weekend (there is a 4 day weekend immediately after so many parents come to the weekend and then leave to go home or to Boston/NYC/somewhere else for a few days break).
Spring weekend is similar but with fewer parents attending.
These events are for current students though and not for prospective students. Although it would be an awesome weekend to pay a visit since campus is always spruced up and looks gorgeous, food is notched up a level, and the orchestra, theater, dance performances are open seating with everyone welcome.
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I just finished a pretty interesting book “Who gets in and why?” – Its college focused, but the author had the ability to sit in on admissions conversations at a few different schools, it is by Jeffery Selingo. I’d bet that a good part of the admissions cycles as many of the top 50 private day and boarding schools would have a lot of similarities.
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May you please give a summary please?