2024 US News rankings

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Anonymous wrote:The experience of a student at a wealthy private is typically very different from the experience at a large public with a limited budget.

Generally speaking, course availability and getting the classes you actually want each semester can be a big difference between the two.

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Just as the experience at an independent HS is very different from that a large public HS. What some people will never understand (ahem, public school parents) is that parents who pay to send their kids to elite HS's aren't interested in having their with the masses at large public colleges, regardless of rankings.

Thanks for talking about the elephant in the room. Why would a parent send their kid to a private/independent school with its small class and individualized attention only to have them go across the country to attend classes with 500 other students at Berkeley or UCLA.

I dunno. But I see a lot of large colleges on the top private schools’ matriculation lists so somebody is. And many of the larger privates have pretty big intro classes too. By your logic, everyone should be going to liberal arts colleges.

I never said that or implied that (ever heard of a mid-sized university?). I did however look at top privates in NYC and it seems very few go to large publics in California (or elsewhere):

https://www.dalton.org/programs/high-school/college-counseling
https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/college-counseling
https://www.brearley.org/about/college-matriculations-2018-2022
https://trinityschoolnyc.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/390/download/download_4530575.pdf

Holy grade inflation 😳
I just looked at the Trinity School link…NO students got a C??!

There also very few A+s. You obviously don’t know the school and the students that go there. It’s ridiculously intense.

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It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

No idea what ur talking about. People look at the specific things they care about when making college decisions. Expensive privates need to offer value to match the tuition they charge.

All the kids going to these expensive privates had cheaper options like UVA but had specific reasons to go where they went.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

Lol I have plenty of money. I’m just not stupid and elitist on how I spend it.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

Precisely this. Great summary. It's actually pretty entertaining to just sit back and witness the tantrums.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

Lol I have plenty of money. I’m just not stupid and elitist on how I spend it.

Many of us don’t find going to any college to be elitist. That is a weird thing to say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

Lol I have plenty of money. I’m just not stupid and elitist on how I spend it.

Well, if you have plenty of money and you send your kid to a state school where your kid will be nameless and unknown in a large population of students, then who's the stupid one?

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All this jabbering is really funny. I'd be curious to take a poll at the end of the application cycle to see how many of your kids actually end up getting into a top ivy or Stanford or Duke after all this commotion. How is this thread still alive? Wait for your kids to get in first before worrying about all this. Honestly even getting into Cornell or Dartmouth is a win so don't limit to just historic T10 schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

Lol I have plenty of money. I’m just not stupid and elitist on how I spend it.

Well, if you have plenty of money and you send your kid to a state school where your kid will be nameless and unknown in a large population of students, then who's the stupid one?

Unknown by who?

[Anonymous]

Why are people still arguing about this ranking? It doesn't matter what the rankings say everyone knows washu, Emory and northeastern are superior to any state school

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people still arguing about this ranking? It doesn't matter what the rankings say everyone knows washu, Emory and northeastern are superior to any state school

Baloney. They’ve always been second tier. Weirdo.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

There are MANY private school students who get into the schools you so worship. However, many of them do not apply to those schools. They don’t worship at the USNWR altar like so many. In general, these are wealthy families, so they’re not forced to go instate. They apply to schools like Chicago, Vandy, WUSTL, Emory, Northwestern, SLACs and other great schools. Don’t hate just because they have more resources than you.

Lol I have plenty of money. I’m just not stupid and elitist on how I spend it.

Well, if you have plenty of money and you send your kid to a state school where your kid will be nameless and unknown in a large population of students, then who's the stupid one?

Those who are convinced that money = individual attention don't teach college.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people still arguing about this ranking? It doesn't matter what the rankings say everyone knows washu, Emory and northeastern are superior to any state school

One of these is not like the others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s just soooo obvious who is worked up over the new rankings and why. Private school parents think their kids are too good for state schools. But they can’t get into the Ivies, Stanford, MIT etc. anymore because those schools are getting more inclusive. So the parents start looking at Tulane, Wash U, Northeastern, Wake, Tufts, NYU, etc and tell themselves that they’re better than UVA, UMD, Tech, William & Mary, the UC schools and the better Big Ten schools just because they cost more. But they never were. Never. The new rankings reflect that reality.

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