Competitive schools that were easy to get into for kids in our HS

[Anonymous]

Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

Colby is practically open enrollment if you apply ED, TO, and full pay. The overall acceptance rate is low in large part due to the UChicago/Tulane/Northeastern style spamming they do to drum up applications in the RD round.

[Anonymous]

What kind of school does your kid go to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

Colby is practically open enrollment if you apply ED, TO, and full pay. The overall acceptance rate is low in large part due to the UChicago/Tulane/Northeastern style spamming they do to drum up applications in the RD round.

Oof! Seeing U of C on the same list as places like Tulane and Northeastern makes me so sad. It used to be a place associated with exceptional intellectual curiosity … but on DCUM it’s known as a spam factory. I hope that’s not really the case …

[Anonymous]

Why does it say 8 percent acceptance?!
Is it because they get so many applications because it’s free? 8 percent is still low!

public school, large! In the south

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

Colby is practically open enrollment if you apply ED, TO, and full pay. The overall acceptance rate is low in large part due to the UChicago/Tulane/Northeastern style spamming they do to drum up applications in the RD round.

Oof! Seeing U of C on the same list as places like Tulane and Northeastern makes me so sad. It used to be a place associated with exceptional intellectual curiosity … but on DCUM it’s known as a spam factory. I hope that’s not really the case …

Nah, the academics are about as strong as ever. Just the marketing is obnoxious to keep the lights on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

Colby is practically open enrollment if you apply ED, TO, and full pay. The overall acceptance rate is low in large part due to the UChicago/Tulane/Northeastern style spamming they do to drum up applications in the RD round.

Oof! Seeing U of C on the same list as places like Tulane and Northeastern makes me so sad. It used to be a place associated with exceptional intellectual curiosity … but on DCUM it’s known as a spam factory. I hope that’s not really the case …

It's both.

[Anonymous]

Yes - some colleges just have schools that they like. Very common. But

18% of my kids’ private high school, not in DMV, got into Michigan EA this year, and that includes three Ross.

Those Brown and especially Dartmouth numbers are great!

[Anonymous]

UChicago had a quarter-Billion operating deficit last year.

[Anonymous]

No way your school has a 30% accept rate to Brown. If 50 applied to Dartmouth, I suspect the 20 applying to Brown is incorrect. Brown gets a lot more applicants than Dartmouth and this ratio seems way off. Unless, the high school is in Hanover.

[Anonymous]

Darthmouth: never underethtimate the power of the dark side

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it say 8 percent acceptance?!
Is it because they get so many applications because it’s free? 8 percent is still low!

public school, large! In the south

No application fee + no essays = allll the applications

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

How does Dartmouth get 50 apps and Brown 20? Is this a boarding school in New Hampshire? Usually interest in Dartmouth is a little more niche compared to Brown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

This seems very off to me, like not believable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS published a college report with the number of kids who applied and how many got in and there's some that shocked me.

Colby College, 15 applied, 12 got in!! 80% when national acceptance is 8%
Darthmouth, 50 applied, 10 got in. 20% acceptance
Brown, 20 applied, 6 got in

Do some schools have high schools they just like more than others? This is a large public school.

This year last year when?

Our school had
22 U Mich
21 Boston college
Acceptances

It’s not that big of a school. I’m thinking it might be the same one