College placements

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Brearley college counseling?

Great college counsellor left. Last year 20 girls left to horace man. Families are freaking out

Who was she?

[Anonymous]

I wonder whether some of the problem is that between the affirmative action ruling and Trump, colleges are getting very antsy about admitting kids based on connections or presentation or other hard-to-quantify things and are putting more weight on test scores and grades, which are two things private schools have a harder time helping with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder whether some of the problem is that between the affirmative action ruling and Trump, colleges are getting very antsy about admitting kids based on connections or presentation or other hard-to-quantify things and are putting more weight on test scores and grades, which are two things private schools have a harder time helping with.

I think this is partially true. I also think that the internet has made it easier for: (1) elite colleges to access top quality students at less well-known schools/lower income brackets, and (2) students to learn what it takes to get into a top college (SAT prep, ECs, etc), info that was previously primarily accessible at a private school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

I mean, Chicago is better than most of the non-HYP Ivies, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

HM has an account - it just doesn’t have any references to the school. 11/62 posted so far are going to Chicago. I think that’s great, but I’m not Ivy or bust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

HM has an account - it just doesn’t have any references to the school. 11/62 posted so far are going to Chicago. I think that’s great, but I’m not Ivy or bust.

Chicago is a great school but not sure if I would want to be going to college with that many HS classmates - it is not that big of a place. It is a bit odd how many kids they are sending there. Obviously, it's not like they are sending all these kids to an awful school, but just odd. Obviously if this was Harvard or Yale I would feel slightly differently.

What is the account?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

I mean, Chicago is better than most of the non-HYP Ivies, no?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

I mean, Chicago is better than most of the non-HYP Ivies, no?

Very good! Stellar research

[Anonymous]

All of these lists should have a legacy asterisk when applicable. A lot of them note sports recruits, and usually you can visually tell minorities.

[Anonymous]

Chicago is also going through some *serious* financial problems right now and the idea of piling on more rich prep school kids is probably pretty appealing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago is also going through some *serious* financial problems right now and the idea of piling on more rich prep school kids is probably pretty appealing.

Chicago's finances are fine. Aa2 Stable from Moody's. I trust them a lot more than the DCUM brain trust.

[Anonymous]

They reduced their deficit but they did so by reducing spending and increasing revenue, "accepting a bunch of Horace Mann kids with solid gold sticks up their keisters" is a great way to do the latter.

[Anonymous]

Chicago alum here. It has been like that for a while. Tons of NY prep school kids and boarding school kids in my class. Basically all were full pay (and the tuition used to be higher than other schools due to the lack of endowment). It was an amazing education. But the kids who went for free (of which there were many) were generally orders of magnitude smarter and more diligent than the full pay kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

Uchicago admits so many kids from Dalton it almost seems like a safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

I mean, Chicago is better than most of the non-HYP Ivies, no?

no