one student (if HC has to do so) from one large public very competitive school?
There tends to be a fair number of siblings at top schools but it’s hard to know if there is any slight preference for siblings vs. the siblings are also mostly legacies as well and/or the younger siblings have the advantage of being more familiar with what that the school is looking for and has to offer because of the older sibling.
your 2nd question seems to ask if there are quotas within a school? no need. H admits whom they want, in whatever qty they want. They could take a dozen from your school this year if those dozen individuals met their admit needs. And they could admit zero for the next fifteen years if none of the applicants catch their attention.
The only reason to impose a quota on any one school would be to set aside a slot for another school. But H doesn’t feel beholden to any school. Sure they may have a cutoff at some traditional feeder prep school due to a general desire for diversity – but twosies or threesies at typical high schools? They don’t even register.
@Falcon1 Thanks. @T26E4. Thanks. In my son’s school, H only admitted girls (there are truly wonderful boy candidates). In this year in this school, one girl with outstanding to exceptional credits and sibling (sister) legacy drives a lots of worries to boys who want to try H. I told him, try the very best for your dream school, let God make the final decision. In these days, you can get good education in everywhere.
H only admitted girls (there were truly wonderful boy candidates) in the past ten years.
With a school admitting ~5% applicants and your school’s small sample, I think there’s no patterns to infer. As a matter of fact, women apply more usually. Harvard desires close to a 50/50 split – so the admit rate of women applicant tends to be smaller than for male applicants.
Your school’s history defies this broader pattern – so to worry about those two applicants in the broader perspective that it’s near impossible for almost everyone – is misplaced, I would think. I think you gave your son great advice. Good luck to him and your family
I believe two years ago the admitted class was 55% males and 45% females for some unknown reason. This year the incoming class was 52% males and 48% females. This clearly shows that there is no bias in terms of women despite what your son’s HS experience has been. Good luck to your son!
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Who knows if this girl will be accepted? Is she saying these things and seem overconfident or are the boys just intimidated because of her stats and legacy connection?
All you can do is try your best and then it’s out of our hands.