Beauvoir vs St.Patrick Episcopal

[Anonymous]

Hello
My child got into both St. Patrick’s episcopal and Beauvoir. Both wonderful schools. My hope/ dream is for dear child to go to an Ivy League university in the future. Which of the two schools would you recommend and why?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Either, but your post belongs in the Private Schools forum.

There one would learn, among other things, that non-academic hooks are the key ingredient for any student to get into any Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Please tell me you are a troll, op.

[Anonymous]

Just FYI, statistically speaking it is harder to get into an ivy from a top tier private school because you are competing with more kids who are "equals." Somewhat similar conditions for fancy publics (like Whitman, Churchill, etc...).

If your ultimate goal is an ivy, which I agree is absurd for a child this young who has not yet been able to demonstrate desire or aptitude on this level, you'd be best off to move to a rural area with bad schools (or stats locally) and continue to pour your resources into them there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, statistically speaking it is harder to get into an ivy from a top tier private school because you are competing with more kids who are "equals." Somewhat similar conditions for fancy publics (like Whitman, Churchill, etc...).

If your ultimate goal is an ivy, which I agree is absurd for a child this young who has not yet been able to demonstrate desire or aptitude on this level, you'd be best off to move to a rural area with bad schools (or stats locally) and continue to pour your resources into them there.

There is no way to statistically analyze the situation. People who obsess about certain colleges all seem to think that others have some unfair advantage while being blind to their own.

Both schools have lonely early childhood programs. I would ask whether you are hoping for NCS or STA’s. If you like them Beauvoir makes sense, otherwise having an option through 8th is very nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, statistically speaking it is harder to get into an ivy from a top tier private school because you are competing with more kids who are "equals." Somewhat similar conditions for fancy publics (like Whitman, Churchill, etc...).

If your ultimate goal is an ivy, which I agree is absurd for a child this young who has not yet been able to demonstrate desire or aptitude on this level, you'd be best off to move to a rural area with bad schools (or stats locally) and continue to pour your resources into them there.

There is no way to statistically analyze the situation. People who obsess about certain colleges all seem to think that others have some unfair advantage while being blind to their own.

Both schools have lonely early childhood programs. I would ask whether you are hoping for NCS or STA’s. If you like them Beauvoir makes sense, otherwise having an option through 8th is very nice.

There quite literally is: sharp, accomplished students from rural, low performing areas have an absolute edge.

[Anonymous]

No guarantees on Ivy - moving to a rural area and sending your kid to public id a better shot.

That said- we had the same choice and chose Beauvoir. We wanted the option of STA/NCS and it is much much much easier to get in from Beauvoir than anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please tell me you are a troll, op.

+1. 12 YO OP is laughing his fanny off at the people who think this is a serious post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, statistically speaking it is harder to get into an ivy from a top tier private school because you are competing with more kids who are "equals." Somewhat similar conditions for fancy publics (like Whitman, Churchill, etc...).

If your ultimate goal is an ivy, which I agree is absurd for a child this young who has not yet been able to demonstrate desire or aptitude on this level, you'd be best off to move to a rural area with bad schools (or stats locally) and continue to pour your resources into them there.

There is no way to statistically analyze the situation. People who obsess about certain colleges all seem to think that others have some unfair advantage while being blind to their own.

Both schools have lonely early childhood programs. I would ask whether you are hoping for NCS or STA’s. If you like them Beauvoir makes sense, otherwise having an option through 8th is very nice.

There quite literally is: sharp, accomplished students from rural, low performing areas have an absolute edge.

Show those stats.

People think that they have a magic 8 ball and they can predict how their “sharp accomplished” student would do in a rural low resource area, but they can’t. It’s quite likely that the kids who do well in one environment are different from the ones who do well in the other, and that getting into Beauvoir is not an indication that anyone’s kid would thrive in a low income community in North Dakota.

[Anonymous]

You and your child are going to be much happier if you focus on happy, healthy, resilience, and kindness rather than Ivy or bust. There is no way to know if an Ivy will be in his/her future at such a young age, and there are so many pathways to success- the Ivy league is not the only one. Both Beauvoir and St. Pat's will give DC a strong academic foundation so pick the one where you think they'll also be happiest and pick the school where you think you'll find the best partners when the inevitable bumps along the way occur. Parenting is a long journey- take a breath and know that you'll have succeeded as a parent if your child is happy, healthy, resilient and kind when they head off to college at whatever school is the best fit for who they are and what they want to study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, statistically speaking it is harder to get into an ivy from a top tier private school because you are competing with more kids who are "equals." Somewhat similar conditions for fancy publics (like Whitman, Churchill, etc...).

If your ultimate goal is an ivy, which I agree is absurd for a child this young who has not yet been able to demonstrate desire or aptitude on this level, you'd be best off to move to a rural area with bad schools (or stats locally) and continue to pour your resources into them there.

There is no way to statistically analyze the situation. People who obsess about certain colleges all seem to think that others have some unfair advantage while being blind to their own.

Both schools have lonely early childhood programs. I would ask whether you are hoping for NCS or STA’s. If you like them Beauvoir makes sense, otherwise having an option through 8th is very nice.

There quite literally is: sharp, accomplished students from rural, low performing areas have an absolute edge.

Show those stats.

People think that they have a magic 8 ball and they can predict how their “sharp accomplished” student would do in a rural low resource area, but they can’t. It’s quite likely that the kids who do well in one environment are different from the ones who do well in the other, and that getting into Beauvoir is not an indication that anyone’s kid would thrive in a low income community in North Dakota.

True but it is also a fact that higher-resourced kids whose parents invest in education so better in general.

https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/college-admissions/colleges-targeting-rural-applicants/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2022/12/07/ivy-league-admissions-offices-are-setting-their-sights-on-rural-students-can-city-dwellers-take-advantage-of-their-efforts/#

https://www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/education#:~:text=Research%20continues%20to%20link%20lower,compared%20with%20higher%20SES%20communities.