Harvard, MIT and Yale favors private school kids in this area. Brown/Dartmouth/Yale better odds.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

There was one Princeton admit at BCC high school last year, and no Harvard or Yale or MIT.

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Early rounds favored public school kids this year. It was very different than 2024 w/ my firstborn.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

There was one Princeton admit at BCC high school last year, and no Harvard or Yale or MIT.

What is BCC? If not H Y or M then it might not be an elite private?

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I don't sense that MIT cares much whether their students went to public or private high schools. It's a very tough admit for anyone. And the usual hooks - wealth, legacy, athlete - don't go that far at MIT. Even the athletes need to have the brains to get through the General Institute Requirements - biology, chemistry, physics, math etc.

Yale is really looking to improve in STEM, especially engineering. Yale has never been a go-to school for those interested in engineering. But they want those students now, which I suspect favors public school students, who tend to have a stronger background in math compared to private school students.

Dartmouth is very small. There are only a few hundred spots available for unhooked students. The difference between public and private acceptances is going to be marginal.

Harvard definitely favors private school students. Princeton is increasingly a barbell school - wealthy private on one side and FGLI on the other. And no one knows what Stanford is doing these days. Lottery for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

There was one Princeton admit at BCC high school last year, and no Harvard or Yale or MIT.

What is BCC? If not H Y or M then it might not be an elite private?

Sorry, it's Bethesda-Chevy Chase, a public school in Montgomery County MD.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

There was one Princeton admit at BCC high school last year, and no Harvard or Yale or MIT.

I believe Churchill had admits to all but MIT. Blair magnet had admits to all, with at least 3 to Harvard and something like 8 to MIT. RMIB had admits to all except Harvard (admitted 5 several years ago).

BCC is doing very well so far this cycle with lower Ivies and Yale (3). It really does vary by year.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

There was one Princeton admit at BCC high school last year, and no Harvard or Yale or MIT.

What is BCC? If not H Y or M then it might not be an elite private?

Most of us know that it is public high school.

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Anonymous wrote:DP, from my observations, Yale belongs in the “public school students have a shot” category. On the other hand Chicago takes almost exclusively private school kids (they’ll stoop to Catholic schools for recruited athletes).

Chicago is, relatively speaking, an easy admit for public and private school kids alike — if you apply ED. Easiest admit in the top 25 (RD and EA do not count.)

God, here we go again! The CUA graduates are starting a new debate about UChicago’s ‘easy’ admissions. You know nothing - just making baseless gripes and assumptions because of jealousy/anger.

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Anonymous wrote:DP, from my observations, Yale belongs in the “public school students have a shot” category. On the other hand Chicago takes almost exclusively private school kids (they’ll stoop to Catholic schools for recruited athletes).

Chicago is, relatively speaking, an easy admit for public and private school kids alike — if you apply ED. Easiest admit in the top 25 (RD and EA do not count.)

God, here we go again! The CUA graduates are starting a new debate about UChicago’s ‘easy’ admissions. You know nothing - just making baseless gripes and assumptions because of jealousy/anger.

Chill. Chicago takes lots of public school kids. But it has to be ED unless it meets an institutional priority - not an RD school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP, from my observations, Yale belongs in the “public school students have a shot” category. On the other hand Chicago takes almost exclusively private school kids (they’ll stoop to Catholic schools for recruited athletes).

Chicago is, relatively speaking, an easy admit for public and private school kids alike — if you apply ED. Easiest admit in the top 25 (RD and EA do not count.)

God, here we go again! The CUA graduates are starting a new debate about UChicago’s ‘easy’ admissions. You know nothing - just making baseless gripes and assumptions because of jealousy/anger.

Chill. Chicago takes lots of public school kids. But it has to be ED unless it meets an institutional priority - not an RD school.

Thanks for stating the obvious! You want a cookie?

I think everyone (with the exception of a few bad apples) on this forum has grasped that UChicago turned to ED to curb its past ‘geeky’ reputation that deterred top students. The school is excellent and deserves its rank, period. I don’t want to incite another argument forum again.

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Anonymous wrote:DP, from my observations, Yale belongs in the “public school students have a shot” category. On the other hand Chicago takes almost exclusively private school kids (they’ll stoop to Catholic schools for recruited athletes).

Because of its debt situation, Chicago needs full pay students; they are most readily found at privates. That is all this is.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it changes year over year. Dartmouth even 2 years ago drastically favored private school kids. The last 2 years have been a bit different. I'm sure it will switch again and/or the results look like a pattern but are actually just random based on the kids themselves.

Bigger question: WHY does this matter? Is your kid going to choose an SCEA/ED school based on fit or based on admissions odds? The whole "ivy or bust" thing is so obnoxious.

Dartmouth got a new head of undergrad admissions last cycle and she had her own institutional priorities

https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/09/kathryn-bezella-named-dean-undergraduate-admissions

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Princeton will only take an athlete here or there from our private HS. HS never gets anyone in, but does ok everywhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think MIT and Princeton currently favor private schools the least, looking at cds for percent from private schools and percent full pay. It may be, however, that many of these schools have a preference for lower income or rural public schools, and there are less of those in this area.

This is what I've thought too. I don't see multiple Princeton/MIT admits on the elite boarding school instagrams (from the early round). Usually 1, but multiple from Harvard and others. Also, there is no Princeton and just 1 MIT on the harvard westlake instagram but 3+ harvard, penn, etc. (early round). Princeton took a couple from our public this year, which means less from the privates in our area. Colleges tend to lump al the schools in our region together, private and public.

Lawrenceville has more than one Princeton REA. Legacy and a sport (squash).