Harvard Crimson - 1 in 11 students to Harvard from just 21 high schools

[Anonymous]

Jeez. That’s really depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They know exactly what they're getting with these schools.

No grade inflation surprises.

They know exactly what they are getting!

Legacies and rich kids and locals!

This it’s the legacy $$$$$. Google Harvard Z list… DC went to one of the above schools and knows multiple Z list admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeez. That’s really depressing.

why? 45-50% of kids at the T25-30 schools are all from rich families--that means top privates and public schools around the country. Fact is most people are not obsessed with T25 schools, unless their parents attended similar schools or they grew up in well off communities. Your average family making $150-200K is thinking about finding the best school for their kid that is within 4-5 hour drive and that is the most affordable. If their kid is high stats, they are thinking about leveraging that for merit/lower tuition somewhere (and possibly saving the extra for grad school if kid has a preprofessional desire or PHD track).

[Anonymous]

None of the Big Three from the DMV hahahahaha

[Anonymous]

“The majority of these schools are private, all of them are located within the United States, and all but two — Harvard-Westlake School, a private high school in Los Angeles, Calif. and Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology, a public magnet school in Alexandria, Va. — are in the Northeast.”

Lol @DC privates who think they’re hot sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders

The Harvard Crimson's reporting found that out of the 27,000 high schools in America, over the past 15 years, 1 in 11 students who matriculated to Harvard came from just 21 high schools. 12 private schools, 5 public schools, 4 public exam schools. Almost all of them are either located in either MA or NY.

Here is the list:
Hunter College High School
Boston Latin School
Deerfield Academy
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
The Roxbury Latin School
Phillips Academy
Stuyvesant High School
Brookline High School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Belmont High School
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Milton Academy
The Windsor School
Lexington High School
Noble and Greenough School
Horace Mann School
Harvard-Westlake School
The Dalton School
Trinity School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Scarsdale High School

All excellent schools. Good for Harvard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it surprise anyone that Harvard's "commitment to diversity and inclusion" doesn't extend to the poors who have to attend public schools?

Why feign shock at their hypocrisy?

You realize that doesn’t follow from the data reported, right? They could take plenty of kids from a wide array of public schools in the other 10 in 11 kids. Just they take 1 in 11 of the kids from this list.

[Anonymous]

Private schools are all about the niche sports that Harvard keeps using for admissions.

[Anonymous]

These schools are known entities. The kids perform well. The fact that so many are local is not a bad thing, it's logical.

I graduated from one of the private boarding schools on the list. I was a local and on scholarship. Back when I attended half of our graduating class (HALF!) applied to Harvard. I think around 15 got in my year. People were upset, yearning for the good old days when half the class attended Harvard. Nowadays, 2 or 3 or 4 are accepted per year. Yes, that may be a lot all things considered, but Harvard has moved decidedly away from the prep schools in favor of the public school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that 13 of the 21 are located in Massachusetts.

Children of faculty and alum

Actually, no. Harvard, like many or most selective schools, gives an admissions bump to local kids. I'm not sure of the reasons behind it, but it's a fact. I remember reading a long while back (on the order of 20 years ago) that Yale was the only Ivy that didn't do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are all about the niche sports that Harvard keeps using for admissions.

That’s only part of it.

These schools are excellent preparation for college — especially the private schools.

- Graduate of one of the MA schools on the list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These schools are known entities. The kids perform well. The fact that so many are local is not a bad thing, it's logical.

I graduated from one of the private boarding schools on the list. I was a local and on scholarship. Back when I attended half of our graduating class (HALF!) applied to Harvard. I think around 15 got in my year. People were upset, yearning for the good old days when half the class attended Harvard. Nowadays, 2 or 3 or 4 are accepted per year. Yes, that may be a lot all things considered, but Harvard has moved decidedly away from the prep schools in favor of the public school kids.

Except you are wrong. 37% of Harvard students come from private schools. 83% of United States students attend public schools.

Only 11% attend private schools.

Harvard is not for the poors, no matter how much more qualified they are. End of story.

[Anonymous]

I am honestly surprised it is not more, and two decades ago (before DEI was a thing to care about in a genuine manner) I would guess (and its a complete guess) it would be closer to 30% or more.

I also would suspect, 1 in 11 comes from these schools, but how many in 11 come from elite private schools in other cities (like GDS, STA, etc) and the elite rich public schools like Wellesley High in Ma, New Trier in Ill, etc?

Harvard is for rich kids from elite schools and families, recruited athletes, and then like a small number of middle-class kids who are exceptional, then a small number of truly poor students/first gen kids who get "legs up" through programs or a teacher who steers them toward the ivy league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am honestly surprised it is not more, and two decades ago (before DEI was a thing to care about in a genuine manner) I would guess (and its a complete guess) it would be closer to 30% or more.

I also would suspect, 1 in 11 comes from these schools, but how many in 11 come from elite private schools in other cities (like GDS, STA, etc) and the elite rich public schools like Wellesley High in Ma, New Trier in Ill, etc?

Harvard is for rich kids from elite schools and families, recruited athletes, and then like a small number of middle-class kids who are exceptional, then a small number of truly poor students/first gen kids who get "legs up" through programs or a teacher who steers them toward the ivy league.

57% of Harvard undergrads get need-based institutional grants, at an average of 56k each.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am honestly surprised it is not more, and two decades ago (before DEI was a thing to care about in a genuine manner) I would guess (and its a complete guess) it would be closer to 30% or more.

I also would suspect, 1 in 11 comes from these schools, but how many in 11 come from elite private schools in other cities (like GDS, STA, etc) and the elite rich public schools like Wellesley High in Ma, New Trier in Ill, etc?

Harvard is for rich kids from elite schools and families, recruited athletes, and then like a small number of middle-class kids who are exceptional, then a small number of truly poor students/first gen kids who get "legs up" through programs or a teacher who steers them toward the ivy league.

A large number of those truly poor students and first gen kids actually attend schools on the list. Stuyvesant is and has always been a high-FARMS school attended by many children of working-class immigrants. And many of the other poor students and first gen kids are those that get scholarships for high school to elite private schools on the list.