Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

JR has at least one student going to Princeton this year.

Even if you accept this rumor, 1 in a graduating class of 500 would be awful results.

The overwhelming majority of privates get 0/500 into Princeton.

And yet Sidwell, GDS, STA, NCS, Maret, WIS, Bullis, and Potomac all manage to keep Princeton on their 4 year matriculation list multiple times over... and oh yea 4 years would put them right at the 500 mark for the most part... 🤔

Are you under the impression that TJ doesn't?

Why do people not read the quote that people are responding to? I was responding to a comment about private schools, not TJ (a public school)... and while I believe TJ students do get in, not nearly percentage wise as the top privates.

5 TJ students got into Princeton in 2025. That's about 1%.

What's the percentage at these schools you mention? You don't think that's close?

What would it be without athletic recruits or legacy? I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

JR has at least one student going to Princeton this year.

Even if you accept this rumor, 1 in a graduating class of 500 would be awful results.

The overwhelming majority of privates get 0/500 into Princeton.

And yet Sidwell, GDS, STA, NCS, Maret, WIS, Bullis, and Potomac all manage to keep Princeton on their 4 year matriculation list multiple times over... and oh yea 4 years would put them right at the 500 mark for the most part... 🤔

Are you under the impression that TJ doesn't?

Why do people not read the quote that people are responding to? I was responding to a comment about private schools, not TJ (a public school)... and while I believe TJ students do get in, not nearly percentage wise as the top privates.

5 TJ students got into Princeton in 2025. That's about 1%.

What's the percentage at these schools you mention? You don't think that's close?

What would it be without athletic recruits or legacy? I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

JR has at least one student going to Princeton this year.

Even if you accept this rumor, 1 in a graduating class of 500 would be awful results.

The overwhelming majority of privates get 0/500 into Princeton.

And yet Sidwell, GDS, STA, NCS, Maret, WIS, Bullis, and Potomac all manage to keep Princeton on their 4 year matriculation list multiple times over... and oh yea 4 years would put them right at the 500 mark for the most part... 🤔

Are you under the impression that TJ doesn't?

Why do people not read the quote that people are responding to? I was responding to a comment about private schools, not TJ (a public school)... and while I believe TJ students do get in, not nearly percentage wise as the top privates.

5 TJ students got into Princeton in 2025. That's about 1%.

What's the percentage at these schools you mention? You don't think that's close?

What would it be without athletic recruits or legacy? I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

You want to nitpick on down to one year for one school to school and have it compared to that same year for 8 different schools and expect one person to be an expert on all of them??? You are delusional... give the overall numbers. How many applied to Ivy+, how many got into Ivy+ from TJ and maybe someone who has access to information from each of the schools can give you an actual comparison. Otherwise you are just running straw-man arguments hoping something will turn out in your favor.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t read earlier posts but, yes, of course. Didn’t send my kids to rigorous private to gain ivy admits (though one landed at hyp). Sent them for academic rigor as well as explicit outlooks aligned with our family. Two of kids are now in college, in high rigor stem majors, and are doing exceeding well. Our child at a non-ivy is at a top school in the major/professional stream and has professors reaching out to her to join their research teams (at a top 20). Is living college and has eyes on next steps where academics and research chips win the day (rather than athletes, legacy, first gen, family wealth (high or low), DEI, etc.).

Our goal was for our kids to have the most rigorous challenge available across writing, analysis and math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

JR has at least one student going to Princeton this year.

Even if you accept this rumor, 1 in a graduating class of 500 would be awful results.

The overwhelming majority of privates get 0/500 into Princeton.

And yet Sidwell, GDS, STA, NCS, Maret, WIS, Bullis, and Potomac all manage to keep Princeton on their 4 year matriculation list multiple times over... and oh yea 4 years would put them right at the 500 mark for the most part... 🤔

Are you under the impression that TJ doesn't?

Why do people not read the quote that people are responding to? I was responding to a comment about private schools, not TJ (a public school)... and while I believe TJ students do get in, not nearly percentage wise as the top privates.

5 TJ students got into Princeton in 2025. That's about 1%.

What's the percentage at these schools you mention? You don't think that's close?

What would it be without athletic recruits or legacy? I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

You want to nitpick on down to one year for one school to school and have it compared to that same year for 8 different schools and expect one person to be an expert on all of them??? You are delusional... give the overall numbers. How many applied to Ivy+, how many got into Ivy+ from TJ and maybe someone who has access to information from each of the schools can give you an actual comparison. Otherwise you are just running straw-man arguments hoping something will turn out in your favor.

It's just the most readily available info on
https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

JR has at least one student going to Princeton this year.

Even if you accept this rumor, 1 in a graduating class of 500 would be awful results.

The overwhelming majority of privates get 0/500 into Princeton.

And yet Sidwell, GDS, STA, NCS, Maret, WIS, Bullis, and Potomac all manage to keep Princeton on their 4 year matriculation list multiple times over... and oh yea 4 years would put them right at the 500 mark for the most part... 🤔

Are you under the impression that TJ doesn't?

Why do people not read the quote that people are responding to? I was responding to a comment about private schools, not TJ (a public school)... and while I believe TJ students do get in, not nearly percentage wise as the top privates.

5 TJ students got into Princeton in 2025. That's about 1%.

What's the percentage at these schools you mention? You don't think that's close?

What would it be without athletic recruits or legacy? I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

You want to nitpick on down to one year for one school to school and have it compared to that same year for 8 different schools and expect one person to be an expert on all of them??? You are delusional... give the overall numbers. How many applied to Ivy+, how many got into Ivy+ from TJ and maybe someone who has access to information from each of the schools can give you an actual comparison. Otherwise you are just running straw-man arguments hoping something will turn out in your favor.

It's just the most readily available info on
https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-virginia

It’s lazy reporting. This website only focuses (inexplicably) on three universities. This discussion is about the twelve Ivy+ universities. If you don’t have the range for this discussion, please just say that and exit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

Why would you conclude that TJ students (or Blair/Whitman/Churchill for that matter) don't have a parent who attended HYPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there were no legacy or athletic recruits among the TJ admits.

Why would you conclude that TJ students (or Blair/Whitman/Churchill for that matter) don't have a parent who attended HYPS?

DP
Don't know about Whitman and Churchill, but TJ and Blair magnet are mostly Asians, so they are less likely to be legacies.
Legacy is a wealthy, white privilege thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't know about Whitman and Churchill, but TJ and Blair magnet are mostly Asians, so they are less likely to be legacies.
Legacy is a wealthy, white privilege thing.

LOL no. That may have been true, like several decades ago.

Do you realize how many Asians from the DC area graduated from HYPS and now have kids of their own?