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Only if your kid got into an Ivy in last 5 yrs. - how'd you do it?
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Anonymous
| P.S. It is really odd and narrow that people think there are no Ivy or Ivy equivalent legacies at public schools. |
Anonymous
| I know this very well. I was pulling OP's leg! |
Anonymous
At the same time, if future employers have the same narrow-mindedness, there's a reason for trying to get a degree from a widely recognized university. |
Anonymous
| Really I think OP is the only person who believes this (and she doesn't seem really bright, either). I was pulling her leg. I actually think that unless you can donate a ton of money to your Ivy alma mater, your kid has a better chance of getting into an Ivy from public than private. |
Anonymous
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15:4 What? The point is that some folks at privates seem to think that the only legacies out there are all in public. That thinking is narrow based on personal experience in public.
15:51 Not with schools with strong ties with admissions officers who personally highly recommend non-legacies, too. |
Anonymous
No. Don't be deliberately obtuse, and we hope you're smarter than this. These posters provided examples of public legacies merely to counter OP's snooty remarks about publics. Nobody said that legacies are only in public. Don't be silly. |
Anonymous
| It was mistake, I meant to type "are all in PRIVATE." Which goes beyond this thread. Folks are constantly talking about having to compete with legacies at privates as if they did not exist in publics. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like a lot of you public schoolers are very, very defensive. Mmmmm -- maybe the public schools are as bad as The Washington Post says every single day....... |
Anonymous
| In DCPS, you'll find many more legacy kids in elementary school than in HS. They exit for private (or to the burbs for better public) schools in middle or high school. |
Anonymous
We're sick of your lies and immaturity. Please go away. |
Anonymous
I'm a public school teacher working in a "downcounty" area. FWIW, I've a few of my students head off to Yale, Harvard, Princeton, etc. These students who graduate from a public institution will fare better than those who have been sheltered by private institutions. They are well rounded, secure in who they are, and - most importantly - open to many different cultures, ethnicities, and walks of life. Most who return are, in fact, shocked by the lack of diversity at many of these Ivy League schools. So, PP, I hope you realize how arrogant your tone is. Worse yet, you seem to enjoy tet fact that there is a class distinction and that many young adults in the public institutions - b/c of extreme poverty - may not ever see community college, let alone an Ivy. What a sick attitude you have . . . |
Anonymous
| 23:27 Not defensive. Just clarifying a point. Also the children of all the legacies we knew in elementary are doing public for high school (Walls, Wilson). |
Anonymous
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Why can't we go back to the thread? To avoid the rancor, why don't we say what your child did to get into an Ivy coming from public, and what your child did to get into an Ivy, coming from private? Both systems provide ample opportunities for exceling.
I have a son in private, but that's for a multitude of reasons. |
Anonymous
The poster you're responding to is a really immature troll. You should see the thread she started that asks what parents would do differently if their kid didn't get into an Ivy -- because of course, we all have college-age kids, we all wanted Ivies for them, and we're all just crushed that our elementary-age (!) kids aren't in Ivies yet. She bashed public schools on that thread, too. When she runs out of that type of insult, she starts telling other posters to get mental counseling. She's a real trip. Let's ignore her, she isn't worth anybody's time. |
Anonymous
b/c there is no easy answer Each case is different. For example, who had the "advantage?" Student A or B? A - *comes from a privileged background *has attended elite private schools her entire life *has traveled all over the world *has a 4.0 *writes a college essay about her experiences studying abroad for one semester as an exchange student in Spain B - *comes from war-torn El Salvador *Father escapes to the US to establish himself in order to bring family over. Once family has arrived (after a 2-year period), father works 2 jobs so that mother can stay home with son in order to protect him from any gang influence. *Boy attends public institutions and manages to maintain at least a B average. *He writes a college essay discussing his last visit to El Salvador as a high school student and describes the feelings he has walking on dirt roads in his brand name sneakers while his cousins walk around barefoot. I bet B has the advantage over A. And yes, B is a true story. I taught B. |