Holton-Arns and Brown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges can be very particular about students and their high schools when it comes to ED admissions. Good call checking the data from Holton-Arms before committing to an ED app. Save the Brown app for RD and look at the data again and see where Holton Arms students are having some success in the ED round.

This. Some schools don't like some schools - and I wish it wasn't true.

100% true

[Anonymous]

I think the problem is that it’s harder for women to get into brown vs men and it’s hardest of all for non-URM/non-first gen women.

[Anonymous]

OP- that’s Princeton at our private. We did not know this prior and it was my kid’s first choice. The counselors point blank said “nobody gets into Princeton from here”. And this school does great with the other 7 Ivies, MIT and Stanford, etc. Kid didn’t apply early there because of that and was WL RD. Kind of wish a shot was taken because was accepted to another Ivy and 2 T10s RD. We were just scared off and figured it would be a wasted SCEA.

[Anonymous]

You should look at the Brown ED numbers overall in their CDS by gender. Girls apply in much greater numbers than boys and are accepted at lower rates. Hard for boys, and a very hard admit for girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges can be very particular about students and their high schools when it comes to ED admissions. Good call checking the data from Holton-Arms before committing to an ED app. Save the Brown app for RD and look at the data again and see where Holton Arms students are having some success in the ED round.

This. Some schools don't like some schools - and I wish it wasn't true.

100% true

100%++++

[Anonymous]

Brown is full of quirked up shawties…

…Holton is anything but

Brown can get a sprinkling of basic girls from New England, tri state and California for their sports teams without having to come to dmv

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown is full of quirked up shawties…

…Holton is anything but

Brown can get a sprinkling of basic girls from New England, tri state and California for their sports teams without having to come to dmv

As a current parent, couldn’t be more wrong on first statement. Ironically roommate is an athlete from Maryland too, public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the problem is that it’s harder for women to get into brown vs men and it’s hardest of all for non-URM/non-first gen women.

I live in boston and there are tons of non-urm/non-first gen women under 30 who are brown alums in the city

Brown just takes this set relatively locally — they don’t have to go down to dc for them

If your kid wants to attend brown and you can afford holton arms, consider sending them to a New England boarding school

[Anonymous]

My dc is at a private in nyc that never sends kids to Brown (other than athletes, and even that is rare). They do very well at all other Ivies. Another mom asked during college info session and our school counselor said pointedly, we do not advise kids apply ED to Brown because they don't get in. Apparently every so often there's one who tries, but it never works out. Do you have an ED2 option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny, the person I think of when I think of Holton arms was very preppy and sort of upper crust/traditional. When I think of Brown, I think of a more hippie, sort of very liberal vibe.(Both rich kids though.)

It’s probably more to do with the admissions office liking certain schools, but I just don’t see a lot of Holton Arms girls applying to Brown and wanting to go there as their top choice.

I kind of get what you’re saying PP - Brown has a small contingent of very preppy and upper crust/trad kids, but they tend to be from extremely wealthy New York-type families

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the feeling Holton Arms has too much of a finishing school vibe for admission to Brown. Not enough out of the box thinkers.

+1. It’s not really known for stellar academics. Hard to compete with all the National Merit Finalists and national competition winners that Ivies tend to accept (unless you’re a legacy and/or big donor rich, in which case they should be obvious to Brown.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the problem is that it’s harder for women to get into brown vs men and it’s hardest of all for non-URM/non-first gen women.

I live in boston and there are tons of non-urm/non-first gen women under 30 who are brown alums in the city

Brown just takes this set relatively locally — they don’t have to go down to dc for them

If your kid wants to attend brown and you can afford holton arms, consider sending them to a New England boarding school

I was one of those alums twenty years ago. Just because brown alums end up in Boston doesn’t mean they are from there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny, the person I think of when I think of Holton arms was very preppy and sort of upper crust/traditional. When I think of Brown, I think of a more hippie, sort of very liberal vibe.(Both rich kids though.)

It’s probably more to do with the admissions office liking certain schools, but I just don’t see a lot of Holton Arms girls applying to Brown and wanting to go there as their top choice.

Another Brown parent, those days are long gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the feeling Holton Arms has too much of a finishing school vibe for admission to Brown. Not enough out of the box thinkers.

Excuse me while I vomit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know why Holton-Arms students don’t seem to get accepted to Brown? Looking at the data, it appears no one has been admitted there in at least 5+ years. My daughter is in love with the school and would love to apply Early Decision, but if the Scoir data is anything to go by, that would be wasting an ED opportunity.

According to Holton's school profile, at least one student did, in fact, enroll at Brown from one of the classes of 2022-2025, so your information is incorrect.
And it could be that others were admitted and turned it down.

So you might want to consider checking with the actual counseling department at the school that you pay tens of thousands of dollars a year to instead of crowd sourcing here.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1750868735/holtonarms/k3jgh39rwkljepnmugcy/schoolprofilesy20251.pdf