Private Schools that feed into Ivy's

[Anonymous]

Which private schools feed into the most Ivy's for Academics NOT Athletics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which private schools feed into the most Ivy's for Academics NOT Athletics.

Just the wrong outlook. Students " feed themselves" into top colleges, not schools. The same student can access an elite college from any number of high schools, public or private, within reason.

[Anonymous]

None. Stick with public

[Anonymous]

Do you have legacy? Or development?

[Anonymous]

Andover. Exeter. Deerfield. Choate. Lawrenceville. Nothing in DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which private schools feed into the most Ivy's for Academics NOT Athletics.

Just the wrong outlook. Students " feed themselves" into top colleges, not schools. The same student can access an elite college from any number of high schools, public or private, within reason.

You are adorbs!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which private schools feed into the most Ivy's for Academics NOT Athletics.

Just the wrong outlook. Students " feed themselves" into top colleges, not schools. The same student can access an elite college from any number of high schools, public or private, within reason.

You are adorbs!!

For a straight up academic admit, yes. For legacies, athletes, and other admissions avenues, maybe private will help.

[Anonymous]

Are you new here OP?

I have kids at two top DC privates.
Pretty much the only kids getting into the Ivies are 1)recruited athletes 2)legacy (generally big donor legacy) plus very strong student 3)URM plus very strong student.
In recent years there are MAYBE 1-2 kids at each school who are admitted based on academics alone (without one of the above hooks). Generally these are kids within the top 5 kids in a class.
Graduating in the top 5 kids or so isn't easy to achieve and takes a bit of luck (you don't get the teachers who are known for never giving As, you never forget to study for an assignment, etc) as well as smarts.

Moral of the story: do not choose a top private based on any perceived bump to the Ivy League. It is not 1996.
In 2022 most non-hooked academic kids at my kids' schools are not even wasting their ED on the Ivy league because there is really no chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. Stick with public

This X 100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which private schools feed into the most Ivy's for Academics NOT Athletics.

Just the wrong outlook. Students " feed themselves" into top colleges, not schools. The same student can access an elite college from any number of high schools, public or private, within reason.

You are adorbs!!

For a straight up academic admit, yes. For legacies, athletes, and other admissions avenues, maybe private will help.

There are privates that help, just none in the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Andover. Exeter. Deerfield. Choate. Lawrenceville. Nothing in DMV.

Not even those anymore.

[Anonymous]

Dalton in NYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None. Stick with public

This X 100

why do you say that? just looking at the numbers in the bethesda magazine survey - it doesn't look like the W schools, Blair or RM are doing better and rest assured there are some hooked kids in their numbers, too.

TJ is clearly superior, but it seems to be the only one.

[Anonymous]

Remember that the Ivies now take 4-8% of all applicants compared to teens to 20% a few decades ago. The applicant pool has mushroomed while the number of spaces has not.

So they are literally knee deep in outstanding academic applicants. That leaves them free to choose whatever criteria are most important to them whether it's racial diversity, economic diversity, regional diversity, etc. I was told straight up long ago that my application to my Ivy alma mater was stronger coming from Texas because they had fewer applicants there.

Pick a school that your kids will thrive in. College will take care of itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Andover. Exeter. Deerfield. Choate. Lawrenceville. Nothing in DMV.

Not even those anymore.

Exeter had one acceptance to Harvard last year. One.