| Lots of QB admits were struggling. Many eventually transferred to state schools or community colleges. |
Keep telling yourself that |
This. I was a college dropout (not T30 college, but for HS I was at a Big 3 private NWDC school). I did eventually complete my degree, but I’ve had zero interaction with my HS (which I hated) since graduation. They still send my alumni mail to my parents’ house. They have no idea what I did after grad. |
How would anyone possibly know this? MYOB. |
This. A good number of kids from my (CA) high school went to Berkeley. Many changed majors from pre med or engineering to something else. |
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I went to a T30 and they really didn’t let people drop out. There was tons of support, and the most likely path was counseled to an easier major.
I was vastly unprepared for my major, probably any major, from rural southern high school. I did really really bad freshman year, and squeaked out with a b- average in a science major. It was actually unpleasant academically and socially, I just didn’t belong but it definitely leveled up my life in some ways (but probably not my career because I was also unaware of what to look for in a job and just went with what I was familiar with from my limited experience and low risk tolerance). But in general I don’t think anyone drops out for being unprepared, if I made it! Drinking problem, maybe. |
Zero from T40-50 and better. 2% year transfer from lower ranked schools to UVA Less than 1% ea year drop out from lower ranked schools and never finish |
DC's private HS actually asked for students to sign away the ability to track their college performance. |
That doesn't mean the private high school would have access to your college outcome. My kid dropped out for non-academic reasons. The private high school, where a sibling still attends, has no idea. |
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I see a topic like this and what comes to mind is some crazy parent gleefully celebrating the dropout from a top30 by a former classmate of their dear snowflake that got rejected.
Kids dropout everywhere, life happens. No high school is going to track this or even care. |