Don't Send Your Kid To Big 3 For Ivy Admissions. Send Them To Public Or Less Competitive Private

[Anonymous]

Please do not send your kid to Sidwell/GDS/NCS/STA with the expectation they will get into an Ivy or top 20 school. You are likely to end up very, very disappointed. There *used to be* an advantage in going to a feeder school, but not anymore. These schools deflate GPAs and don't weight. Your kid will also be in direct competition with the children of extremely powerful and connected people. People gush at the idea of sending their son/daughter to school alongside the children of White House cabinet members....until you have to compete with them in college admissions.

If you are a standard, upper-middle class family, send your kid to public school or a less competitive private like Visitation, St. John's College Prep, Gonzaga, etc. These schools actually weight GPAs and are much easier to graduate with the straight-A's necessary for Ivy admissions in 2023.

Getting into an Ivy is no longer about the name of the school on your transcript. It's about being the most outstanding applicant in your school group. It's far easier to do that at a public school where most kids don't care about going to an elite university. Your kid will also have time to focus on extracurriculars due to having easier homework and grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Where are these mythical public schools without high-achieving students gunning for Ivies? Not in Moco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are these mythical public schools without high-achieving students gunning for Ivies? Not in Moco.

Yeah, I think OP really doesn't know the public school climate in this area. It's hard all over, Lady. Not just for the poor Big 3 kids. You go to those schools for the excellent, consistent teaching. In the PS "slums" of MCPS, we deal with a lot less consistency in teaching as well as challenging classes. Also, lack of counseling and still are faced w/ tons of well connected and hyper competitive parents/students. I'm struggling feeling sorry for your privilege and annoyed that you think somehow my kids have it easier in public.

[Anonymous]

For Princeton move to Las Animas County, Colorado.

https://coloradosun.com/2019/05/16/las-animas-county-princeton-scholarship/

[Anonymous]

Good lord. Why would you think that? We are at one of those private schools and I do not understand. You’re not buying an admission: you didn’t get screwed out of something you deserved.

[Anonymous]

Competition is everywhere. Your kid would likely not be the most outstanding at a public school either.

[Anonymous]

Don’t worry, OP. your kid will bloom where they are planted And will succeed at whatever school they attend. Good luck!

You do need a better attitude though. If this is the narrative you give your kid, they may feel like they disappointed YOU, when it sounds like they got a great education and grades in their private HS and the school probably did help them get in somewhere better than they would have otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are these mythical public schools without high-achieving students gunning for Ivies? Not in Moco.

Nor FCPS

[Anonymous]

The whole premise of this post is flawed. FYI to OP - plenty of kids at elite DC privates with straight As and outstanding ECs were not accepted to Ivy schools. Even if they were at the top of the class. So, it’s not the weighting of GPA that was dispositive. However, these kids still received a great education and will do just fine in college and life if they choose to continue to put in the work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are these mythical public schools without high-achieving students gunning for Ivies? Not in Moco.

Honestly, Einstein is a good place. There are students who apply to Ivies and other top tier schools, but not a ton of them. The Ivy legacy kids whom I’ve met are Donut Hole and won’t be going to Ivies themselves. Top students tend to go to Canada or schools with merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these mythical public schools without high-achieving students gunning for Ivies? Not in Moco.

Honestly, Einstein is a good place. There are students who apply to Ivies and other top tier schools, but not a ton of them. The Ivy legacy kids whom I’ve met are Donut Hole and won’t be going to Ivies themselves. Top students tend to go to Canada or schools with merit.

There are students there who go to Ivies, but they tend to also get large financial aid packages.

[Anonymous]

Move to Ohio.

[Anonymous]

The OP is 100% correct.

[Anonymous]

Well, duh, OP

[Anonymous]

Maybe we should all focus on the HSs and colleges where are students will get the best education and be happiest rather than what list they are on.

I have one at an Ivy and on at a mid level regional school that you probably have not heard of. The Ivy is not a dome of academic perfection. They both have less counseling support then I would like and a mix and super and poor teachers.