How competitive is entry to top Baltimore privates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

[Anonymous]

Why are Baltimore privates requiring the ISEE this year when even the top DC privates are not?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Easier than McDonough. They usually admit under 10 for 6th grade. You need to get in from K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Easier than McDonough. They usually admit under 10 for 6th grade. You need to get in from K

Lol does your kid go to McDonogh? I know many friends’ kids who go there and it was ridiculously easy to get in-probably the easiest of all the Baltimore privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

Well, this is out of date. Bryn Mawr and rpcs were similar a decade or two go, but have since evolved. Bryn Mawr is the academically rigorous school and rpcs is geared for girls who might need more supports. This is no secret, definitely how rpcs markets itself. Especially at lower and middle school level. At the upper school level, rpcs does attract some more academically focused girls through merit scholarships, but there is a substantial difference between the schools in college matriculation lists once you get past the top five percent of the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Easier than McDonough. They usually admit under 10 for 6th grade. You need to get in from K

What? Definitely not true, it’s closer to 40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

We’re talking about admission, not which school is “materially better.”

[Anonymous]

I went to bryn mawr 30 years ago. Not a fan...wouldn't send my kid.

I did just fine academically there, and I guess I'm grateful for that. I just didn't find the staff/admin to be warm or supportive or the culture generally welcoming.

There is a definite culture difference among the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to bryn mawr 30 years ago. Not a fan...wouldn't send my kid.

I did just fine academically there, and I guess I'm grateful for that. I just didn't find the staff/admin to be warm or supportive or the culture generally welcoming.

There is a definite culture difference among the schools.

You do realize that both schools are quite different than 30 years ago. Every school has gone through several heads of school since then,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

Well, this is out of date. Bryn Mawr and rpcs were similar a decade or two go, but have since evolved. Bryn Mawr is the academically rigorous school and rpcs is geared for girls who might need more supports. This is no secret, definitely how rpcs markets itself. Especially at lower and middle school level. At the upper school level, rpcs does attract some more academically focused girls through merit scholarships, but there is a substantial difference between the schools in college matriculation lists once you get past the top five percent of the class.

I disagree, but here are the lists and people can decide for themselves.

https://www.brynmawrschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation-list
https://www.rpcs.org/about/meet-our-community/commencement-2019

They are very differently culturally but not so much academically and it’s a shame to suggest otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to bryn mawr 30 years ago. Not a fan...wouldn't send my kid.

I did just fine academically there, and I guess I'm grateful for that. I just didn't find the staff/admin to be warm or supportive or the culture generally welcoming.

There is a definite culture difference among the schools.

You do realize that both schools are quite different than 30 years ago. Every school has gone through several heads of school since then,

Different PP, but this is still the reputation. I wonder—and I don’t know—if that’s what other PP thinks one is more academically rigorous. BMS is viewed as more intense, but not necessarily more rigorous, and that could certainly be tied to the personality and appearance of the admin/educators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

Well, this is out of date. Bryn Mawr and rpcs were similar a decade or two go, but have since evolved. Bryn Mawr is the academically rigorous school and rpcs is geared for girls who might need more supports. This is no secret, definitely how rpcs markets itself. Especially at lower and middle school level. At the upper school level, rpcs does attract some more academically focused girls through merit scholarships, but there is a substantial difference between the schools in college matriculation lists once you get past the top five percent of the class.

I disagree, but here are the lists and people can decide for themselves.

https://www.brynmawrschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation-list
https://www.rpcs.org/about/meet-our-community/commencement-2019

They are very differently culturally but not so much academically and it’s a shame to suggest otherwise.

Well, one school lists where students are actually attending (bryn Mawr) and the other where students were admitted (rpcs), which is a well known technique to make matriculation look better because top students get into multiple good schools, but of course, can only attend one.

In any case, no point in arguing, the schools reputations are well known in Baltimore, and op is asking about how hard it is to get in sixth grade year, not about school cultures . I know of multiple girls who got into rpcs but not Bryn Mawr but not the reverse, so at the moment, bryn Mawr is harder to get into. Mcdonogh has been popular for the past decade and draws from a larger area due to its bus system, and will be at least as competitive for admission as bryn Mawr, maybe more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

Well, this is out of date. Bryn Mawr and rpcs were similar a decade or two go, but have since evolved. Bryn Mawr is the academically rigorous school and rpcs is geared for girls who might need more supports. This is no secret, definitely how rpcs markets itself. Especially at lower and middle school level. At the upper school level, rpcs does attract some more academically focused girls through merit scholarships, but there is a substantial difference between the schools in college matriculation lists once you get past the top five percent of the class.

I disagree, but here are the lists and people can decide for themselves.
https://www.brynmawrschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation-list
https://www.rpcs.org/about/meet-our-community/commencement-2019

They are very differently culturally but not so much academically and it’s a shame to suggest otherwise.

OP here. Actually Rpcs doesn’t seem so impressive to me based on their matriculation list. Bryn Mawr’s list is better. Does anyone know how difficult it is to get accepted to Bryn Mawr in 6th grade? Would you say there’s a 40-50 percent acceptance rate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s easier now?

Than 30 years ago? Who would even be able to compare and for what purpose? Personally, I think your best shot is roc’s and Mcdonogh and bryn Mawr are a tougher admit.

I don’t think people who post this actually know... Bryn Mawr and RPCS are sister schools and take classes with eachother (and Gilman). They have different cultures to be sure, but bryn Mawr is not materially better than RPCS. GL.

Well, this is out of date. Bryn Mawr and rpcs were similar a decade or two go, but have since evolved. Bryn Mawr is the academically rigorous school and rpcs is geared for girls who might need more supports. This is no secret, definitely how rpcs markets itself. Especially at lower and middle school level. At the upper school level, rpcs does attract some more academically focused girls through merit scholarships, but there is a substantial difference between the schools in college matriculation lists once you get past the top five percent of the class.

I disagree, but here are the lists and people can decide for themselves.
https://www.brynmawrschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation-list
https://www.rpcs.org/about/meet-our-community/commencement-2019

They are very differently culturally but not so much academically and it’s a shame to suggest otherwise.

OP here. Actually Rpcs doesn’t seem so impressive to me based on their matriculation list. Bryn Mawr’s list is better. Does anyone know how difficult it is to get accepted to Bryn Mawr in 6th grade? Would you say there’s a 40-50 percent acceptance rate?

I think maybe higher than that, but not sure what this year will be like given increased applications. Usually there are about 20 spots.