ED/EA college admission results

[Anonymous]

Why do so many of you think a couple of kids getting into Yale has anything to do with your kids? Are your kids #1 in their class, volunteer at NIH, cello virtuosos and manage food banks? If not, the fact that your kid goes to the same school as that kid isn't going to get your kid into Yale.

There are schools where 10+ kids get into Ivy schools and the reputation of the school bumps them up, none of them are DCPS or charter schools. Most are New England boarding schools.

Every year this same thread pops up, and every year you all make fools of yourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best not to judge until regular decisions come out as well

It's best not to judge at all and just celebrate these kids no matter what school they are from or where they wind up going.

[Anonymous]

At least a few in Princeton, Yale, Cornell from JR...

[Anonymous]

My JR kid has received three acceptances but he/we would never post about it. We'll only share when he's made a commitment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best not to judge until regular decisions come out as well

It's best not to judge at all and just celebrate these kids no matter what school they are from or where they wind up going.

+1

Kids make decisions about applications for all sorts of reasons. I know several kids who got POSSE scholarships this year. Many posters here would look down on their school choices but they are getting full tuition, room and board paid for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best not to judge until regular decisions come out as well

It's best not to judge at all and just celebrate these kids no matter what school they are from or where they wind up going.

+1

Kids make decisions about applications for all sorts of reasons. I know several kids who got POSSE scholarships this year. Many posters here would look down on their school choices but they are getting full tuition, room and board paid for.

This sums it all up! It's about getting a "full-ride" or significant merit-based aid at a good school for most families. The actual ranking of a program is probably better than the overall school ranking anyway.

Programs like POSSE, Questbridge, etc. are just phenomenal. They create life long networks. If you wanna argue and whine about Ivy admissions, private school forum is best for you. Kids are turning down Ivies b/c they are getting better packages elsewhere(imagine that). Families are just more educated about the process.

[Anonymous]

At least for the past few years, a majority of kids from J-R do not post on Insta, and those that do wait til spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best not to judge until regular decisions come out as well

Best not to judge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many of you think a couple of kids getting into Yale has anything to do with your kids? Are your kids #1 in their class, volunteer at NIH, cello virtuosos and manage food banks? If not, the fact that your kid goes to the same school as that kid isn't going to get your kid into Yale.

There are schools where 10+ kids get into Ivy schools and the reputation of the school bumps them up, none of them are DCPS or charter schools. Most are New England boarding schools.

Every year this same thread pops up, and every year you all make fools of yourselves.

Yes, my kid is this. It’s good to know that Yale knows abut my kid’s school so now he has a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many of you think a couple of kids getting into Yale has anything to do with your kids? Are your kids #1 in their class, volunteer at NIH, cello virtuosos and manage food banks? If not, the fact that your kid goes to the same school as that kid isn't going to get your kid into Yale.

There are schools where 10+ kids get into Ivy schools and the reputation of the school bumps them up, none of them are DCPS or charter schools. Most are New England boarding schools.

Every year this same thread pops up, and every year you all make fools of yourselves.

Yes, my kid is this. It’s good to know that Yale knows abut my kid’s school so now he has a chance.

An interesting thing that was told to be by the Dean of Admissions at an Ivy (a friend of mine from college) is that they do track the performance of kids from individual high schools in a variety of ways and that is included in the assessments that admissions folks consider. He told me that my high school was specifically tagged as kids overperform GPAs, so they are more inclined to deviate from their norms to allow in a kid with a lower GPA from my HS. He also told me that a ton of HS are tagged with GPAs unreliable (i.e., did not predict academic success at Ivy), so for those schools they focus more on test scores.

[Anonymous]

^^ I will say that I had this conversation pre-the TO era, so I am not sure how that plays in nowadays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many of you think a couple of kids getting into Yale has anything to do with your kids? Are your kids #1 in their class, volunteer at NIH, cello virtuosos and manage food banks? If not, the fact that your kid goes to the same school as that kid isn't going to get your kid into Yale.

There are schools where 10+ kids get into Ivy schools and the reputation of the school bumps them up, none of them are DCPS or charter schools. Most are New England boarding schools.

Every year this same thread pops up, and every year you all make fools of yourselves.

Yes, my kid is this. It’s good to know that Yale knows abut my kid’s school so now he has a chance.

An interesting thing that was told to be by the Dean of Admissions at an Ivy (a friend of mine from college) is that they do track the performance of kids from individual high schools in a variety of ways and that is included in the assessments that admissions folks consider. He told me that my high school was specifically tagged as kids overperform GPAs, so they are more inclined to deviate from their norms to allow in a kid with a lower GPA from my HS. He also told me that a ton of HS are tagged with GPAs unreliable (i.e., did not predict academic success at Ivy), so for those schools they focus more on test scores.

I wonder how Walls, JR, Banneker, McKinley rate on this scale. And how they'll figure it for MacArthur without longitudinal data.

[Anonymous]

So far Latin has kids into Brown, Duke, Emory, and W&M (per instragram).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many of you think a couple of kids getting into Yale has anything to do with your kids? Are your kids #1 in their class, volunteer at NIH, cello virtuosos and manage food banks? If not, the fact that your kid goes to the same school as that kid isn't going to get your kid into Yale.

There are schools where 10+ kids get into Ivy schools and the reputation of the school bumps them up, none of them are DCPS or charter schools. Most are New England boarding schools.

Every year this same thread pops up, and every year you all make fools of yourselves.

Yes, my kid is this. It’s good to know that Yale knows abut my kid’s school so now he has a chance.

An interesting thing that was told to be by the Dean of Admissions at an Ivy (a friend of mine from college) is that they do track the performance of kids from individual high schools in a variety of ways and that is included in the assessments that admissions folks consider. He told me that my high school was specifically tagged as kids overperform GPAs, so they are more inclined to deviate from their norms to allow in a kid with a lower GPA from my HS. He also told me that a ton of HS are tagged with GPAs unreliable (i.e., did not predict academic success at Ivy), so for those schools they focus more on test scores.

All Ivys share what is considered in their admissions decisions and how those things are weighted. None of them are including past high school performance in this manner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My JR kid has received three acceptances but he/we would never post about it. We'll only share when he's made a commitment.

That is what you’re supposed to do. You’re not special.