Where are all the Ivy admits coming from you wonder? Dalton NYC 2023 Matriculations

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it's kind of interesting to see that there are quite a few Indian and Asian surnames are in the Dalton group. That suggests that these are not WASP types with old money. So the parents of these Dalton kids were able to break into the upper echelons somehow, probably through sheer hard work, determination, and intelligence.

I know tins of east and south asian multi-multi millionaires in NYC. New money hedge fund/PE people. It's not just wasp's these days who can be rich. That said, I agree w/ your bigger point. Why are these kids winning at the college lottery at Dalton vs. DC private school asian kids who did struggle this year with just one or two exceptions at our local DC private school

perhaps the NYC parents of asian kids donated more to colleges. Or perhaps those schools just have better college process/rigor/reputations w/ top 30 schools that our vaunted DC schools do

IME the only place that still has that "old WASPY money" vibe in NYC is Chapin and the K-8 boys schools (excluding Allen Stevenson)

Pretty much that. Def St David's.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it's kind of interesting to see that there are quite a few Indian and Asian surnames are in the Dalton group. That suggests that these are not WASP types with old money. So the parents of these Dalton kids were able to break into the upper echelons somehow, probably through sheer hard work, determination, and intelligence.

I know tins of east and south asian multi-multi millionaires in NYC. New money hedge fund/PE people. It's not just wasp's these days who can be rich. That said, I agree w/ your bigger point. Why are these kids winning at the college lottery at Dalton vs. DC private school asian kids who did struggle this year with just one or two exceptions at our local DC private school

perhaps the NYC parents of asian kids donated more to colleges. Or perhaps those schools just have better college process/rigor/reputations w/ top 30 schools that our vaunted DC schools do

IME the only place that still has that "old WASPY money" vibe in NYC is Chapin and the K-8 boys schools (excluding Allen Stevenson)

Pretty much that. Def St David's.

What’s the st. Bernard’s vibe?

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How did Constance Billard School for Girls do this year?

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Anonymous wrote:How did Constance Billard School for Girls do this year?

I heard that one of their top students hazed a faculty member and lost a spot at Yale. But her billionaire boyfriend snagged her a seat in Columbia

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So? Not seeing the problem here.

Oh, I’m sorry, you actually drank the Koolaid and thought paying $50k a year to attend a DC private would ensure your snowflake admission to an ivy? Lol. No. You still have to be famous or connected in addition to being rich. Rich is nothing. There are a whole lotta multi millionaires out there.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it's kind of interesting to see that there are quite a few Indian and Asian surnames are in the Dalton group. That suggests that these are not WASP types with old money. So the parents of these Dalton kids were able to break into the upper echelons somehow, probably through sheer hard work, determination, and intelligence.

I know tins of east and south asian multi-multi millionaires in NYC. New money hedge fund/PE people. It's not just wasp's these days who can be rich. That said, I agree w/ your bigger point. Why are these kids winning at the college lottery at Dalton vs. DC private school asian kids who did struggle this year with just one or two exceptions at our local DC private school

perhaps the NYC parents of asian kids donated more to colleges. Or perhaps those schools just have better college process/rigor/reputations w/ top 30 schools that our vaunted DC schools do

IME the only place that still has that "old WASPY money" vibe in NYC is Chapin and the K-8 boys schools (excluding Allen Stevenson)

Pretty much that. Def St David's.

What’s the st. Bernard’s vibe?

St. Bernard's is the ultimate old boy, old money WASP school. St. David's is Catholic. Buckley is also WASPy though there's a bit more newer money. The education at St. Bernard's is incredibly impressive. I went to HS with several St. B's boys and all were super smart and all very much gentlemen. I don't know what the vibe is at A-S. My guess is that it is considered less academic, that was certainly true back in my day. Not sure where is lands ethnically.

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My 12+ years of reading Urban Baby, despite being nowhere near NYC (or DC) prepared me so well for reading this thread. RIP Urban Baby.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it's kind of interesting to see that there are quite a few Indian and Asian surnames are in the Dalton group. That suggests that these are not WASP types with old money. So the parents of these Dalton kids were able to break into the upper echelons somehow, probably through sheer hard work, determination, and intelligence.

Dalton has never been a WASP/old money school. It's always attracted celebrity kids and had a very high Jewish population. In NYC, WASPs send their kids to the single sex schools then to boarding school.

Yes to all this. It is a lot of kids whose parents are self-made Jewish Wall Street money, not inherited WASP wealth.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it's kind of interesting to see that there are quite a few Indian and Asian surnames are in the Dalton group. That suggests that these are not WASP types with old money. So the parents of these Dalton kids were able to break into the upper echelons somehow, probably through sheer hard work, determination, and intelligence.

I know tins of east and south asian multi-multi millionaires in NYC. New money hedge fund/PE people. It's not just wasp's these days who can be rich. That said, I agree w/ your bigger point. Why are these kids winning at the college lottery at Dalton vs. DC private school asian kids who did struggle this year with just one or two exceptions at our local DC private school

perhaps the NYC parents of asian kids donated more to colleges. Or perhaps those schools just have better college process/rigor/reputations w/ top 30 schools that our vaunted DC schools do

IME the only place that still has that "old WASPY money" vibe in NYC is Chapin and the K-8 boys schools (excluding Allen Stevenson)

Pretty much that. Def St David's.

What’s the st. Bernard’s vibe?

TBH, I don't know that many, if anyone, with/had a kid at St Bernard's. Strange enough that I know St David's. Think one of the mom's had a sibling there and still can't figure out how the other mom had kids there as it seems like such a divergence. Met them when their kids started HS.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12+ years of reading Urban Baby, despite being nowhere near NYC (or DC) prepared me so well for reading this thread. RIP Urban Baby.

hahaha! dang, i miss it. i live in nyc, but not a lifer, so was very helpful in finding X spot or how to handle Y seasonal tips, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12+ years of reading Urban Baby, despite being nowhere near NYC (or DC) prepared me so well for reading this thread. RIP Urban Baby.

hahaha! dang, i miss it. i live in nyc, but not a lifer, so was very helpful in finding X spot or how to handle Y seasonal tips, etc.

PP - I recently had a friend that was thinking about moving there and I talked her through the school options public and private. She couldn't comprehend how I understood it so well, lol.

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I miss Urban Baby too- helped navigate the MS and HS process. I remember when Salk had the group interview and Lab had their own thing. And then everyone parsed out the different TT cultures- and were right about the one my DCs would up attending.

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I looked through McLean High admits and was very impressed and also very happy for the students. They had several to Harvard, several to Yale, and to all the other Ivys plus top schools, and a bunch to VA state school as well. Pretty impressive for public school kids without the resources and directed attention that private school kids receive.

For elite private schools, I would expect that there are a significant number of Ivy admits.

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It sounds like a lot of people here are overly obsessed with the ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a lot of people here are overly obsessed with the ivies.

Laypeople have never heard of the NESCAC schools & any other school that lacks a dominant football or basketball team. You can pretend that doesn’t matter, but it does during HR resumé screening.