Number of Ivy League Schools ?

[Anonymous]

How many students from your school’s senior class of Sidwell, NCS/STA, GDS and Maret are going to Ivy League schools (or Stanford, if any) and which schools?

[Anonymous]

I think it's important to keep in mind that choosing one of these HS over another will have no bearing on whether your child has a chance at these colleges. Many of these kids will be legacy and most others will have an admissions hooks. A couple will have no hook. All will be amazing candidates (And so will their classmates who get rejections.)

Choose a HS based on whether it is a good match for your child, NOT based on the Ivy list. (including those outside of your list and publics too). The HS is NOT "making" the Ivy-admission happen. It's the kid or their family connection/support that is making it possible to be part of the Ivy lottery.

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh, not again. Just look on instagram or read one of the many threads on this topic that have sprouted in the past two months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's important to keep in mind that choosing one of these HS over another will have no bearing on whether your child has a chance at these colleges. Many of these kids will be legacy and most others will have an admissions hooks. A couple will have no hook. All will be amazing candidates (And so will their classmates who get rejections.)

Choose a HS based on whether it is a good match for your child, NOT based on the Ivy list. (including those outside of your list and publics too). The HS is NOT "making" the Ivy-admission happen. It's the kid or their family connection/support that is making it possible to be part of the Ivy lottery.

I share in your frustration, but going to a top private does matter. Sorry. I know it's not fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's important to keep in mind that choosing one of these HS over another will have no bearing on whether your child has a chance at these colleges. Many of these kids will be legacy and most others will have an admissions hooks. A couple will have no hook. All will be amazing candidates (And so will their classmates who get rejections.)

Choose a HS based on whether it is a good match for your child, NOT based on the Ivy list. (including those outside of your list and publics too). The HS is NOT "making" the Ivy-admission happen. It's the kid or their family connection/support that is making it possible to be part of the Ivy lottery.

I share in your frustration, but going to a top private does matter. Sorry. I know it's not fair.

Wrong.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, it is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, it is true.

It's not. Look are real people in real jobs. The Ivy kids are working in the cubicle next to the non Ivy kid. It is completely false and toxic social construct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many students from your school’s senior class of Sidwell, NCS/STA, GDS and Maret are going to Ivy League schools (or Stanford, if any) and which schools?

Please don’t answer this question! This is such a troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, it is true.

It's not. Look are real people in real jobs. The Ivy kids are working in the cubicle next to the non Ivy kid. It is completely false and toxic social construct.

People act like the Ivies are a magical experience whose graduates “Advance to Go” immediately after graduation. It’s not so. These are just universities, nothing more or less. Some of them don’t even rank that highly in undergraduate teaching quality. They get a great alumni network for the first job but after that it matters so little. Most people are going to have 8-10 jobs. My company recruits and hires from mostly top 50 universities. IME ( admittedly small sample size) the most capable and prepared have come from UChicago.

[Anonymous]

PP here. Actually I’d say the most prepared have been service academy grads, but those were not entry level jobs so not really the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Lots of threads in this on the College forum