Son's Prep School Limiting His Applications to Top Colleges. Is This Standard Practice?

[Anonymous]

This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is common practice at top prep schools. They do this so one superstar doesn't sweep the Ivies and inadvertently keep other kids from getting a spot.

They don't want one kid getting into all 8 Ivies, Stanford and MIT. That takes opportunities from other kids in the class and will make other families very angry. If your kid is the academic superstar, they want them admitted EA/ED to their first choice and out the process early so they aren't competing with other students.

Yes. You are prob not going to be able to change it. They need to let everyone have a shot. It's not just you paying the big bucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

A public high school student will also be less prepared for a top school, so there’s that.

Signed,

A college professor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

I know plenty of douches who are products of public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

I know plenty of douches who are products of public school.

Same! They are just poor and douchey...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised it's even allowed.

You're talking about a prep school. On what grounds would it be disallowed?

Um bc the transcripts are the kids? On what basis can they deny this?

[Anonymous]

I think this should be your kids' essay.

[Anonymous]

This is normal at a top prep school. They have to control this so that everyone has a reasonable shot at top colleges, rather than one person getting that school's "spot" at all of them, and the rest of the deserving kids getting left behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

A public high school student will also be less prepared for a top school, so there’s that.

Signed,

A college professor

What evidence can you cite for that, Professor?

More than 80% of American students are public school students, and if you look at the list of students in the DMV who excel in national competitions and NMSF, those lists are dominated by public school students--particularly the public magnets with competitive admission by merit (not wealth like private schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

I know plenty of douches who are products of public school.

There are definitely douches at pubic school given the proximity to the location. But most know how to spell public correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

A public high school student will also be less prepared for a top school, so there’s that.

Signed,

A college professor

What evidence can you cite for that, Professor?

More than 80% of American students are public school students, and if you look at the list of students in the DMV who excel in national competitions and NMSF, those lists are dominated by public school students--particularly the public magnets with competitive admission by merit (not wealth like private schools).

+1 Perhaps the professor is tenured at Trump University, where facts are not required. There are some good private schools in this area, and plenty of mediocre ones. Most of the public HS in this area teach math that is far more advanced than what the average private school offers--they're much bigger and can offer more options to the top students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

I know plenty of douches who are products of public school.

There are definitely douches at pubic school given the proximity to the location. But most know how to spell public correctly.

[Anonymous]

Maret had at least 6-7 kids admitted to Northwestern last year between ED and RD. Another year 4 went to Penn so I don’t know if only 4 got in. I will say that the advising the students received was consistent and similar to what other independent schools recommended which was to apply to a range of schools BUT to schools you can really see yourself at because of what it offers and it’s fit for the student not just isit an Ivy, a top 10 or 20 school.

These schools all have different academic and social cultures, different geographic locations, academic requirements, etc. MIT is very different from Stanford which is very different from Harvard who is very different from Princeton which is very different from Northwestern which is very different from Duke, etc. Help your kid narrow their choices for the right reasons.

Learning to pick what right for you based on your own self knowledge and awareness will pay off in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why pubic school is better. One, your child won't be a douche. Two, your child can apply wherever he wants.

A public high school student will also be less prepared for a top school, so there’s that.

Signed,

A college professor

Umm, ok. My non-W MoCo school kid who went to a T-20 for undergrad and grad is now headed off to Berkeley for their PhD. I'd say they were plenty prepared.

[Anonymous]

More schools should do this!