boy, do T20 school love private high schools.

[Anonymous]

these instagram pages from local privates are eye opening. even for kids I know to be unhooked standard smart kids

[Anonymous]

Last year at our highly competitive private there were, indeed, many T20 kids. However, all but about 5 were unhooked. The vast majority have hooks, it's just that you don't understand how many are hooked students there are (We didn't either until going though the entire process and seeing it play out.)

[Anonymous]

Most of our private T25 are unhooked….its a surprise this year.

[Anonymous]

Good Counsel page is less impressive that our local HS

[Anonymous]

As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

[Anonymous]

Yet every year people not in private HS go over to the private board and bust everyone’s balls that it’s not worth it and outcomes are the same. They are not.

My kid has friends of similar intelligence/accomplishments and was accepted to so many more T10/T20 schools. His friends, unfortunately, were lucky to get one T20 if that. It definitely helped and this was not a big 3. I think grade inflation/hs rigor (not course rigor—the hs itself’s rigor) was a biggie this year as colleges have been bemoaning how unprepared college students were the past few years.

[Anonymous]

I don’t see it at my non-DC (east coast) area. If anything the top private schools seem to be doing worse than before and top public schools are doing better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

It WAS viewed as the past few cycles. Now colleges are upset by the quality of TO, grade inflated HS kids and going back to old school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet every year people not in private HS go over to the private board and bust everyone’s balls that it’s not worth it and outcomes are the same. They are not.

My kid has friends of similar intelligence/accomplishments and was accepted to so many more T10/T20 schools. His friends, unfortunately, were lucky to get one T20 if that. It definitely helped and this was not a big 3. I think grade inflation/hs rigor (not course rigor—the hs itself’s rigor) was a biggie this year as colleges have been bemoaning how unprepared college students were the past few years.

every year we are told from private school parents that "it's not about college placement".

Sorry, but it's hard to really compare the list without really knowing if they had any legacy or hooks.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why private school kids do not have the same issue as public magnet schools, where the fierce competition from classmates is an issue?

[Anonymous]

I was just looking at Sidwell and GDS, and other than GDS and their success at Harvard which was definitely eye-catching, the overall numbers look fairly the same as previous years.

I guess I was expecting more based on the rumors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

It WAS viewed as the past few cycles. Now colleges are upset by the quality of TO, grade inflated HS kids and going back to old school.

1. Our public fcps HS does not grade inflate.

2. Your entire comment is just your made up guesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

+100
I wonder if this year is an anomaly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

It WAS viewed as the past few cycles. Now colleges are upset by the quality of TO, grade inflated HS kids and going back to old school.

1. Our public fcps HS does not grade inflate.

2. Your entire comment is just your made up guesses.

Re-takes? Multiple bites/tries to raise grade ? Lack of pop quizzes? Hard deadlines? We left a FCPS Hs and all of that was there. Private was much more rigorous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why private school kids do not have the same issue as public magnet schools, where the fierce competition from classmates is an issue?

legacies