@preppedparent the admissions process for elite schools has always been rigged. The direction to which it is rigged changes as society changes. It appears that you are bothered by the direction it is currently rigged ? As for those of us in the middle…it’s whatever.
@sylvan8798 if you think the pool is 1 go read the Questbridge thred; I think you will find the pool is much deeper than 1. Lots of very qualified Questbridge candidates were shut out this year and common sense says that for every kid that is a participant in Questbridge, there is another one out there who is not. Diversity is out there, it is a shame that 20 schools were duped into thinking this kid was it (meaning the only one to fill the spot)