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jolalee

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Thanks for the info! Just wondering why student going to Hangzhou at year 10 will free up space for the whole secondary school, i mean they will return to HK after a year. Are you referring to the amount of physical classroom space?

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When the year 10 returns to HK at year 11, the year 9 will become year 10 and go to Hangzhou. Thus in the secondary school, there are always 120 students less than before. When there is no Hangzhou campus, total student population is 120*7 years. After Hangzhou campus in operation, student population in HK becomes around 140*6 years. It will happen when the whole year 10 goes to Hangzhou on a compulsory basis.

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jolalee I see! So they still have 840 students to accommodate within the school building but with more kids per grade. Smart! 發表於 14-5-26 16:15

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jolalee and foolish.mom

Thanks for your clarification. Given the "small number' of successful legacy applicant each year, I feel the admission list of each high school could tell us how good that high school is.

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jolalee

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Do you mean the small percentage of parents actually studied in an Ivy League/ Oxbridge school? True enough, but what about donation to schools? They don't have to be an alumni to donate...

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I think it must be a really substantial amount of donation, if it can influence the admission decision of a top US university. Within the circle of parents I know of, no one made donation to the top US universities but their children still got an offer.

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本帖最後由 Shootastar 於 14-5-26 16:44 編輯

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jolalee
When my two kids applied for admission to the US colleges several years ago, I had bought and read several books on admission for reference.

According to the authors of the books (who previously worked in the admission offices to read the applications), the odds of applying under the legacy category is relatively higher, but the total number admitted under the legacy category, depending on the schools, ranged from several ten to a little bit more than one hundred.

Again the successful applicants under the donation category (Development Office Cases) would be around 5 to 10 each year. Having said that no body knows the exact figure. In any event, I know many of my kids' classmates whose parents are not alumni were also admitted by Ivies or other respectable colleges such as MIT, CIT, Duke, Stanford, Northwestern. I think the most important factor is whether you are a citizen of US or a green card holder. If you are, you will be placed in the queue solely for them. If not, you will be placed in the international applicant queue. The number of international students admitted each by Ivies ranges around 7% to 8% of the total number of spots.

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Shootastar

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There was a rumour amongst my son's classmate that one of his classmates was admitted to an Ivies by making a donation of US$8 million some several years ago. But I do not know how true the case is. Anyway, I think if you want to study at top top top US college, the odds are better if you are an US citizen or a green card holder.

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jolalee Yes, thank you for sharing, Shootastar. It is insightful and comforting when looking at the school's University admittance records. 發表於 14-5-26 19:19

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Shootastar 發表於 14-5-26 16:39
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jolalee

Thanks for sharing, Shootastar. This is very useful information. I tend to look at "parents' legacy" as a compound factor. That is, legacy is usually highly correlated with other factors that influence one's education attainment (e..g, family income, parents' education, even race/ethnicity, etc.). This means when we look at the legacy admission ratio, we are not looking at the isolated effect of legacy on admission. There are many other factors at work. Maybe I am complicating the issue too much. It looks like a topic for a book. Anyway, I've learned a lot in this thread. Thanks everyone for contributing.