<p>"However, I would not be in favor of the thought, “Oh, we’ve taken students from X Public Schools for multiple years running, and I am getting bored with seeing students from X. Let’s look elsewhere.”</p>
<p>Well, I’m glad that at one point Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. were in favor of that thought - otherwise they’d still be mostly Andover, Groton, Exeter, etc. boarding school kids. Do you think that was good or bad that they decided to expand their horizons beyond traditional NE prep schools? </p>
<p>It’s my personal bias - and it doesn’t help me any, since my kids and I both applied to colleges from affluent suburban schools - but I love to see colleges give opportunities to kids who come from places where “no one ever went to” XYZ elite school. Whether it’s the inner city or whether it’s rural America or just a place where elite schools weren’t on the radar screen. </p>
<p>I also think there is a difference between “I’m looking for fresh new blood” and “I’m bored with New Trier.” Yes, the fresh new blood may come out of the hide of New Trier (so to speak) but that’s different from explicitly rejecting New Trier kids just because they are New Trier kids.</p>
<p>You can’t open up more opportunities for some without it coming out of the hide of others, but the motivations are critical, IMO. </p>