Harvard-Westlake 2025 College Handbook Released, Reveals Stunning Outcomes

[Anonymous]

the new H-W handbook is rather shocking. There's a 50% admit rate for Vanderbilt applicants with GPAs in the 3.2-3.299 range. There's even decent chances at Stanford and Yale if your GPA is above 3.6.


https://students.hw.com/Portals/44/handbook0125.pdf?ver=mCSTXqyrt4IYDI-PvMShlQ%3d%3d

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about the private school n California? I don’t know why that would shock you, given that their admit rate is lower than many colleges.

[Anonymous]

And given who the parent population is, that tracks….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the new H-W handbook is rather shocking. There's a 50% admit rate for Vanderbilt applicants with GPAs in the 3.2-3.299 range. There's even decent chances at Stanford and Yale if your GPA is above 3.6.


https://students.hw.com/Portals/44/handbook0125.pdf?ver=mCSTXqyrt4IYDI-PvMShlQ%3d%3d

Not to disparage…but they are probably athletes.

They have nationally ranked baseball and football…and I am sure other teams.

[Anonymous]

Weird Vandy troll thread.

[Anonymous]

DC money pales in comparison to wealth in the city of Angels.

[Anonymous]

So shocking that a school with rich and well connected families has a "stunning" college outcome. /s

[Anonymous]

I don't find it impressive because most of those kids, if not all, had connections and/or wealth. If they did it completely on their own merits, then that would be stunningly impressive. But they didn't, so, no, I don't find it impressive, at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't find it impressive because most of those kids, if not all, had connections and/or wealth. If they did it completely on their own merits, then that would be stunningly impressive. But they didn't, so, no, I don't find it impressive, at all.

No it’s athletes…83 kids in total applied and 8 were accepted. This is a 3 year cumulative total BTW…not for one year.

[Anonymous]

No, not stunning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the new H-W handbook is rather shocking. There's a 50% admit rate for Vanderbilt applicants with GPAs in the 3.2-3.299 range. There's even decent chances at Stanford and Yale if your GPA is above 3.6.


https://students.hw.com/Portals/44/handbook0125.pdf?ver=mCSTXqyrt4IYDI-PvMShlQ%3d%3d

Not to disparage…but they are probably athletes.

They have nationally ranked baseball and football…and I am sure other teams.

The list excludes athletes, legacies, and URMs.

[Anonymous]

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-game-a-guide-to-elite-college-admissions/id1745045021?i=1000676114826

Here you go. It’s an analysis of Harvard Westlake’s matriculation data from a year or two ago. The podcast host breaks down the numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Not to disparage…but they are probably athletes.

They have nationally ranked baseball and football…and I am sure other teams.

Nope, it says at the top of the chart that it excludes legacy and recruited athletes.

[Anonymous]

The overall numbers of 83 kids applying to Vandy and 8 getting accepted (again…over 3 years) seems what you would expect. Thats a 9.5% acceptance rate.

It’s just odd that 3 of 6 are from the bottom of the class vs only 3 of 40 accepted from the top of the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The overall numbers of 83 kids applying to Vandy and 8 getting accepted (again…over 3 years) seems what you would expect. Thats a 9.5% acceptance rate.

It’s just odd that 3 of 6 are from the bottom of the class vs only 3 of 40 accepted from the top of the class.

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