Where does the bottom half of the class go to college? (Big 3-5)

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Anonymous wrote:Nowhere outside this stupid little bubble do people care/obsess more about which undergrad you attended. In my view, it’s at best a benchmark of how well you can follow directions and manage your time in HS

I am sending my kid to a Big3 to open their eyes, think critically, go live their life knowing how to advocate and think for themselves. That’s it. And I pray to god they never come back to DC to be a partner in BigLaw. I will have failed miserably.

Everyone cared where I went to undergrad outside of the DMV until I was 5-10 years into my career. It’s an overstatement to say it doesn’t matter at all. For many careers, it closes or opens doors. Someone is immensely privileged if they have the financial security of their family to have that fall back or instead pursued a career that allows for that flexibility.

Sadly this was my experience too

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to tell you this but admission at all the top 50 schools unless you are a recruited athletes is still based on who your parents are and the school’s perspective on whether you are a development candidate.

For college?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to tell you this but admission at all the top 50 schools unless you are a recruited athletes is still based on who your parents are and the school’s perspective on whether you are a development candidate.

lol. This has never been the case.

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Anonymous wrote:Nowhere outside this stupid little bubble do people care/obsess more about which undergrad you attended. In my view, it’s at best a benchmark of how well you can follow directions and manage your time in HS

I am sending my kid to a Big3 to open their eyes, think critically, go live their life knowing how to advocate and think for themselves. That’s it. And I pray to god they never come back to DC to be a partner in BigLaw. I will have failed miserably.

That’s great. You have that luxury.

Um, this post is about Big3, all of which cost nearly $60k/yr (tuition, books, trips, etc). This population has that luxury.

But wait!! What about all those kids on FA that you keep boasting about? You mean these schools talk a lot about equity and inclusion but don’t actually practice what they preach? You mean it’s all just rich people and their empty rhetoric? Oh, say it ain’t so!

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There are students on FA, as the Big 3 websites indicate, but they would likely qualify for FA in college too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere outside this stupid little bubble do people care/obsess more about which undergrad you attended. In my view, it’s at best a benchmark of how well you can follow directions and manage your time in HS

I am sending my kid to a Big3 to open their eyes, think critically, go live their life knowing how to advocate and think for themselves. That’s it. And I pray to god they never come back to DC to be a partner in BigLaw. I will have failed miserably.

That’s great. You have that luxury.

Um, this post is about Big3, all of which cost nearly $60k/yr (tuition, books, trips, etc). This population has that luxury.

But wait!! What about all those kids on FA that you keep boasting about? You mean these schools talk a lot about equity and inclusion but don’t actually practice what they preach? You mean it’s all just rich people and their empty rhetoric? Oh, say it ain’t so!

Sounds like you are a public school parent trolling here again? If you were a private school parent you would be aware that about 1/4 of kids receive financial aid at the top 3 schools which is a lot considering they cost 55K plus. You can have wealthy parents and kids on financial aid. They are not mutually exclusive.

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Anonymous wrote:^^Agree with the above. Applying ED also greatly improves chances, as others have noted. National universities in the 35-50 range seem possible, depending on gpa (unlikely below a ~3.3) combined with a high test score, excluding BC and Wake. Big Southern public schools are increasingly popular and tough to get into now-Clemson, Georgia, etc.

Wake and BC are competitive. BC class of 2027 had 90 percent of class in top 10 percent of their class and their average SAT was quite high I think close to 1500.

Yes, they are competitive. But for perspective, only 30% of admitted BC students submitted scores, so that is score range for a fraction of admitted students -- the ones who felt they had scores above the previous 75th. And I don't know where you are getting the 90/top10 figure but it isn't on the CDS, and if it were, it would also state the percentage of student submitting a class rank (which is usually small and often only the public school applicants).

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

That’s interesting. Source(s)?

The early 2000s want their acceptances back. Gone are the days that anything close to this is possible. Srsly.