Discrepancy btw public and private HS in GPA and outcomes

[Anonymous]

I don’t think you can generalize between all privates and all publics but generally with well-regarded privates and boarding schools the kids (1) tested and competed to get into the school making the peer group competitive so a B on a curve is going to mean something much different in terms of ability then your average public high school; (2) classes are more rigorous and the schools help to develop soft skills as well as basically make ECs a requirement and (3) legacy and full pay help.

[Anonymous]

At our big city non-DMV private (LA/NYC/SF) the kids with a GPAs over 3.8 (unweighted) who are taking top rigor get into the top 10-15 schools. Our daughter's school doesn't have APs, but it does have a range of "advanced" level classes that are treated as college-level.

Our DD has a 3.75 so we'll see what happens with her!

There is such a wide variety of schools in our city under the category "private" but many don't have much in common. So it depends on the private school. Ours is known to be very academic and socially conscious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

[Anonymous]

for reference, at our private a 4.0 is a 95+

at our local public, a 4.0 is 90+

so there are lots of factors at play

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

[Anonymous]

Non-DMV private.
3.8uw into Cornell/UChicago;
3.82uw into Vanderbilt/Rice;
3.84 into Northwestern/Brown.

[Anonymous]

There are thousands of public schools and thousands of private schools. You can’t generalize.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

So do public having at 3.5 at a private on the dmv is like having a 3.2 in a public

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

Why?

its a college board. not really about DC. Better than reddit and CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV private.
3.8uw into Cornell/UChicago;
3.82uw into Vanderbilt/Rice;
3.84 into Northwestern/Brown.

This is really inflated over DC's DMV Big3 private. No one under a 3.9 has been admitted to Brown, Northwestern or Vanderbilt in over 5 years.