Harvard, Yale "feeders"

[Anonymous]

There is a psychological difference between schools that accept less than 10% of applicants and those that accept more. Most of the Ivies accept fewer than 10% -- I think Penn and Cornell just a tad higher. Some people just want to go to the most competitive school without regard to fit.

[Anonymous]

Were the Sidwell 2015 stats acceptances or matriculations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a psychological difference between schools that accept less than 10% of applicants and those that accept more. Most of the Ivies accept fewer than 10% -- I think Penn and Cornell just a tad higher. Some people just want to go to the most competitive school without regard to fit.

What nonsense. 10% is magical? Acceptance rates were higher in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were the Sidwell 2015 stats acceptances or matriculations?

Matriculations. There were more acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a psychological difference between schools that accept less than 10% of applicants and those that accept more. Most of the Ivies accept fewer than 10% -- I think Penn and Cornell just a tad higher. Some people just want to go to the most competitive school without regard to fit.

What nonsense. 10% is magical? Acceptance rates were higher in the past.

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford & Columbia accepts around 5%. MIT around 8% but hey, it's a self selected group that applies to that school. The other Ivies, Cornell, upenn, etc are around 10% what HYP+ use to be. Yes, getting into these schools are a lot more competitive than even 10 yrs ago. They attract students internationally.

http://web.mit.edu/facts/admission.html

Now isn't that nice

[Anonymous]

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-acceptance-rate

[Anonymous]

Acceptance rates for some colleges 2005 vs. 2015, 2014, 2013

http://www.ivywise.com/admission_statistics.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Acceptance rates for some colleges 2005 vs. 2015, 2014, 2013

http://www.ivywise.com/admission_statistics.html

No. You will not be admitted to your elite college if you applied now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If my middle school aged kid had a choice between my alma mater Andover, GDS or Thomas Jefferson, I'd urge him to attend TJ. That's not possible because we live on the Maryland side, but I have no doubt TJ would be the easy top choice. This is based only on quality and not costs.

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/work-education/education/success-factory-inside-americas-best-high-school/

Did Andover or TJ have any alums named as Rhodes Scholars this year?

Oh please, enough with the Rhodes kid. The GDS Rhodes scholar is a great kid, but he only attended GDS for a couple years. I honestly doubt if those two years changed his trajectory in any significant way. I'm sure GDS, TJ, Sidwell, St. Albans and Andover all have a few Rhodes scholars in their ranks over the years. It's a great honor, but it says more about the kid than the school he/she attended.

I think that a school is entitled to brag a little if a graduate is named a Rhodes Scholar. Clearly GDS provided him with an excellent education. You can be sure that GDS's peer schools would be all over it if one of their grads had won a Rhodes. When it comes to Rhodes and Marshall fellowships, the Ivys all closely check their "standings" against each other.

[Anonymous]

I've never heard Rhodes Scholars identified by their high schools -- always by their colleges. That said, if you want to play this game, in 2015 there were 2 Rhodes scholars who graduated from MCPS high schools (Richard Mongomery IB and Blair).

[Anonymous]

Here is a 2013 Rhodes Scholar from Thomas Jefferson. Her letter to the US Chess Center in DC:

http://www.chessctr.org/img/Letters/Pierson.jpg