Why do some highly ranked schools seem to avoid some high schools?

[Anonymous]

Clearly there are magnet schools, but how to overcome coming from a HS which has never had a kid accepted from this or that school?

[Anonymous]

Does your school use Maia or Naviance?

Look at the profiles of the kids who weren’t admitted from your school and compare it to the overall profile of admitted students to the college and to your own school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your school use Maia or Naviance?

Look at the profiles of the kids who weren’t admitted from your school and compare it to the overall profile of admitted students to the college and to your own school.

I’ve done that. 1570-1590 SAT and a top gpa for the school. I know the gpa was top bc the college counselor said so.

[Anonymous]

One kid isn’t a sample size.

If this school is the right school for your child go ahead and visit. Demonstrate interest. Do an interview. Write the heck out of the essays.

And recognize it might not be enough

[Anonymous]

Some avoid religious High Schools.

Because the level of education at those Hight Schools just is not there why waste their time.

Those kids can apply to places like Liberty etc..

[Anonymous]

^Looks like your Hight school was a bottom of the barrel school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some avoid religious High Schools.

Because the level of education at those Hight Schools just is not there why waste their time.

Those kids can apply to places like Liberty etc..

Well explain why our religious Hight School sent 25% of the senior class to top 20 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some avoid religious High Schools.

Because the level of education at those Hight Schools just is not there why waste their time.

Those kids can apply to places like Liberty etc..

Well explain why our religious Hight School sent 25% of the senior class to top 20 schools.

LOL I seriously doubt that.
And "top 20" you wasted your money my public with over 2500 students did better.

[Anonymous]

It's really hard to break through. For whatever reason, Vanderbilt never accepts anyone from our HS, which sends loads to Ivies including HYP every year. Rumor is a couple of kids broke ED agreements a while back and Vandy wrote us off. Who knows if it's true. But I personally know 5 uber qualified kids who tried for Vandy, including with ED, and all were rejected. No rhyme or reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One kid isn’t a sample size.

If this school is the right school for your child go ahead and visit. Demonstrate interest. Do an interview. Write the heck out of the essays.

And recognize it might not be enough

I agree with this. It worked for my son at a school that was a very fit for him but hadn’t taken anyone from our high school in the last five years. He was hopeful but certainly wasn’t counting on admission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some avoid religious High Schools.

Because the level of education at those Hight Schools just is not there why waste their time.

Those kids can apply to places like Liberty etc..

Well explain why our religious Hight School sent 25% of the senior class to top 20 schools.

regis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's really hard to break through. For whatever reason, Vanderbilt never accepts anyone from our HS, which sends loads to Ivies including HYP every year. Rumor is a couple of kids broke ED agreements a while back and Vandy wrote us off. Who knows if it's true. But I personally know 5 uber qualified kids who tried for Vandy, including with ED, and all were rejected. No rhyme or reason.

+1 BLACKLISTED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's really hard to break through. For whatever reason, Vanderbilt never accepts anyone from our HS, which sends loads to Ivies including HYP every year. Rumor is a couple of kids broke ED agreements a while back and Vandy wrote us off. Who knows if it's true. But I personally know 5 uber qualified kids who tried for Vandy, including with ED, and all were rejected. No rhyme or reason.

Vanderbilt is infamous for yielding protection, so it makes sense. One of the reasons they ended up going from accepting over 60% of all applicants in the early 2000s to less than 6% today.

[Anonymous]

At a magnet and some top schools including ivies visit, and some others never seem to land. I’d think best shot is very tailored essays, seeing if any local visits (sometimes colleges will do panels at area schools you can go to), a visit and maybe seeing if you can connect with admissions somehow (harder to do at top schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One kid isn’t a sample size.

If this school is the right school for your child go ahead and visit. Demonstrate interest. Do an interview. Write the heck out of the essays.

And recognize it might not be enough

It isn’t one kid. Who would think it was? The HS college counselor said that school has never accepted anyone from our public school.