NCS college admissions if kid is not a legacy, URM, or athletic recruit

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is almost a straight A student in lower high school (a few A minuses). She works really hard for these grades. I've been looking at the college admissions this year and it really seems like you have about 25 girls going ti top colleges and (outside of two girls) ALL are legacy, URM or crew athletes. Then the admissions seem to go off a cliff. thank goodness for u of Chicagj because that seems it be the solo outlier.
I am not looking for an IVY admit (at all) but I'm getting freaked out by the schools that girls outside of the above categories are attending. I won't name names but they're in instagram.

Tell it to my straight. A/a- student.
Did anyone apply their daughter from NCS this year? Where are we looking at?

Op you are a stalker of minor age children and it is creepy. Get a life.

Not to mention The fact that they took the time to look up where every single student was going to college and determine what category they should be in a URM, hook, etc. I don’t think it’s in NCS parent it might be an Ncs girl or someone from another school

Have you met NCS moms? They are 100% capable of this behavior. OP refuses to let us know how she conducted her research. I assume she took out her directory, got the parents' names, then checked their LinkedIns. If OP had spent her life more productively and meaningfully, maybe she too would have a "hooked" kid, instead of a one-dimensional A- student.

Doesn't take that long frankly. 12/13 kids. With the directory, less than 10-15 mins of Linkedin research. And clarifies the picture re legacies completely. Not sure why this is somehow not a cool thing to do. The placement outcomes are hugely misleading as to actual chances for an unhooked kid. Now, we know.

No hon normal people do not spend their time doing this. OP Please get psychiatric help asap. I am confident you are a troll and not an NCS parent but a very jealous loon that also posted the “STA college is dismal” post. A quick ip check would determine whether you are the op of both. Troll poster.

New poster. Someone could just as easily say that normal people do not spend their time posting on this message board, do not suggest to anonymous strangers on the internet that they get psychiatric help, and do not try to do internet sleuthing to determine whether someone is a troll. But you do you.

[Anonymous]

College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

Yes, Agreed. Add:

5) If Legacy/URM/Athlete it will hard. If not, it will be even harder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

Yes, Agreed. Add:

5) If Legacy/URM/Athlete it will hard. If not, it will be even harder.

I think is true but you can expand the list of kids that the top schools don’t want to kids from all elite or competitive high schools, public or private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is almost a straight A student in lower high school (a few A minuses). She works really hard for these grades. I've been looking at the college admissions this year and it really seems like you have about 25 girls going ti top colleges and (outside of two girls) ALL are legacy, URM or crew athletes. Then the admissions seem to go off a cliff. thank goodness for u of Chicagj because that seems it be the solo outlier.
I am not looking for an IVY admit (at all) but I'm getting freaked out by the schools that girls outside of the above categories are attending. I won't name names but they're in instagram.

Tell it to my straight. A/a- student.
Did anyone apply their daughter from NCS this year? Where are we looking at?

Op you are a stalker of minor age children and it is creepy. Get a life.

Not to mention The fact that they took the time to look up where every single student was going to college and determine what category they should be in a URM, hook, etc. I don’t think it’s in NCS parent it might be an Ncs girl or someone from another school

Have you met NCS moms? They are 100% capable of this behavior. OP refuses to let us know how she conducted her research. I assume she took out her directory, got the parents' names, then checked their LinkedIns. If OP had spent her life more productively and meaningfully, maybe she too would have a "hooked" kid, instead of a one-dimensional A- student.

Doesn't take that long frankly. 12/13 kids. With the directory, less than 10-15 mins of Linkedin research. And clarifies the picture re legacies completely. Not sure why this is somehow not a cool thing to do. The placement outcomes are hugely misleading as to actual chances for an unhooked kid. Now, we know.

No hon normal people do not spend their time doing this. OP Please get psychiatric help asap. I am confident you are a troll and not an NCS parent but a very jealous loon that also posted the “STA college is dismal” post. A quick ip check would determine whether you are the op of both. Troll poster.

Op is the Same troll poster yes read the thread about “unhooked big 3 kid go to college” it is the same op posing as an NCS parent and I don’t think it is an NCS parent.” Come on people don’t fall for than nut case troll.

Same op posing as NCS parent. I call total troll post.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1055103.page

Did you ask Jeff whether it is the same person? I’m not sure it is. The writing style seems different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

5) Girls currently outnumber boys at most schools and more girls apply than boys, so being female puts your odds of acceptance even lower

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

5) Girls currently outnumber boys at most schools and more girls apply than boys, so being female puts your odds of acceptance even lower

6) Intended major of popular studies impacts acceptance. I.e Schools are only going to take x number of comp sci students, or environmental studies, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

Yes, Agreed. Add:

5) If Legacy/URM/Athlete it will hard. If not, it will be even harder.

OP, your sock puppeting is getting tired. The reason it's "easier" for athletes is because they are more impressive and better qualified. Please stop your racist rantings about URM as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

Yes, Agreed. Add:

5) If Legacy/URM/Athlete it will hard. If not, it will be even harder.

OP, your sock puppeting is getting tired. The reason it's "easier" for athletes is because they are more impressive and better qualified. Please stop your racist rantings about URM as well.

DP. No, it’s because here in the athlete-worshipping US, athletes are valued more highly than people equally skilled in less high-profile and less remunerative activities like the arts. There are very smart, very hard-working athletes who should not get a bump over very smart, hard-working artists but they do because this is the US.

[Anonymous]

Your ire should be directed 100% at the schools and 0% at parents and students working with the system that exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

+1 This 100%. Pin it to the top of this thread.

Yes, Agreed. Add:

5) If Legacy/URM/Athlete it will hard. If not, it will be even harder.

OP, your sock puppeting is getting tired. The reason it's "easier" for athletes is because they are more impressive and better qualified. Please stop your racist rantings about URM as well.

DP. No, it’s because here in the athlete-worshipping US, athletes are valued more highly than people equally skilled in less high-profile and less remunerative activities like the arts. There are very smart, very hard-working athletes who should not get a bump over very smart, hard-working artists but they do because this is the US.

The discussion around recruited athlete advantages is a moot point. They are not displacing other applicants other than other athletes. So unless your kid is an athlete than it is not something you should focus on. As an alternative, contact the school and request they get rid of sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

So basically your daughter could have gone to Wilson or a decent MoCo public high school and gotten into the same caliber of college--Tulane, BU, BC, etc...YIKES.

[Anonymous]

Correct

“Just transfer later”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Admissions is extraordinary competitive these days, almost lottery like. Going to private school does not provide significant placement advantages. So I agree with OP that selection to top schools is become more scarce. Here are the facts:

1) Top schools have not expanded seats while the number of students have exploded.
2) COVID has forced many students to take gap years causing even more demand this year.
3) Grade inflation and test optional makes many applications appear the same
4) Top schools look for first time college and unique life perspectives - the opposite of private school kids

So basically your daughter could have gone to Wilson or a decent MoCo public high school and gotten into the same caliber of college--Tulane, BU, BC, etc...YIKES.

well, according to the Bethesda magazine survey, of the 147 applicants to BC from six schools in Moco, only 26 were accepted, Tulane was 47 accepted out of 205, BU was 113 of 329. So maybe they would have, maybe they wouldn't. I don't think you can say with any certainty.

maybe it's time to accept that it's hard to get into a selective college and be happy for the kids kids for what they achieve instead of what you think they should have achieved.