School advising kids to "try again next year" regarding college applications

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Anonymous wrote:I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?

If I spent 200k on a high school and that was the outcome, I'd want a refund

Yah, nope. Money is well spent regardless. To each their own.

One more time for the cheap seats: you do not send a kid to a private school, Big 3 or whatever, solely because you think it will increase their chances to get into an Ivy or the cream of the crop schools. If this is your attitude, you deserve to be disappointed.

One more time for the cheaper seats: we are not talking about "Ivy or cream of the crop schools". We are talking about kids getting rejected from all their picks ranked 75+.

Yelling back from the very cheap seats:

The level of privilege that leads to someone is shocked that their kid who isn't in the top 50% of their class, can't get into schools like Fordham and SMU (the bottom of the T75) which are well within the top 20% of National Universities (the most prestigious of the categories on USNWR), is what we are talking about.

For those whining about how public schools are better, you do realize that the kids in the bottom 50% at public are going to Montgomery College, or UDC or maybe if they're lucky someplace like Frostburg or Christopher Newport.

But keep whining. It's amusing to us in the cheap seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is it possible since there aren’t more applications

This may be dated information. Not sure if this is still happening. Several years ago I was on an alumni committee for a SLAC. They were changing admissions metrics in order to rise higher in college rankings. As a result of the changes, students who chose the school as a safety were less likely to get in, even if they were more qualified, than applicants who wanted the school as a top pick

[Anonymous]

+1 or OP is sadly mistaken as to what Big 3 means.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 or OP is sadly mistaken as to what Big 3 means.

what do you mean by this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?

If I spent 200k on a high school and that was the outcome, I'd want a refund

Yah, nope. Money is well spent regardless. To each their own.

One more time for the cheap seats: you do not send a kid to a private school, Big 3 or whatever, solely because you think it will increase their chances to get into an Ivy or the cream of the crop schools. If this is your attitude, you deserve to be disappointed.

One more time for the cheaper seats: we are not talking about "Ivy or cream of the crop schools". We are talking about kids getting rejected from all their picks ranked 75+.

Yelling back from the very cheap seats:

The level of privilege that leads to someone is shocked that their kid who isn't in the top 50% of their class, can't get into schools like Fordham and SMU (the bottom of the T75) which are well within the top 20% of National Universities (the most prestigious of the categories on USNWR), is what we are talking about.

For those whining about how public schools are better, you do realize that the kids in the bottom 50% at public are going to Montgomery College, or UDC or maybe if they're lucky someplace like Frostburg or Christopher Newport.

But keep whining. It's amusing to us in the cheap seats.

They’re insecure because they chose public and now they come on here and bash private schools. It’s sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:First of all "Big 3" does not guarantee admission anywhere.

Publics always do better in this area.

Parents need to do their jobs and have their kids target safeties as well.

Not true. The kids getting in from public are less than 1 percent to top 20 colleges and they are hooked in a major way (shh it’s a secret that no one wants to admit but it is true).

False. All legacies, athletic recruits and URMs are required by law to attend private schools.

[Anonymous]

whats the big 3? Sidwell NCS and Basis?

[Anonymous]

Nice - that made me laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:whats the big 3? Sidwell NCS and Basis?

LOLOLOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First of all "Big 3" does not guarantee admission anywhere.

Publics always do better in this area.

Parents need to do their jobs and have their kids target safeties as well.

Not true. The kids getting in from public are less than 1 percent to top 20 colleges and they are hooked in a major way (shh it’s a secret that no one wants to admit but it is true).

What does this even mean?

[Anonymous]

I think colleges should review dcum postings and reject anyone whose parents have ever used the term “big 3” in case it’s hereditary.

I think DCUM should ban insecure people who think they are funny but are just painful.

This is the private school board. Everyone on here understands that "Big 3" is shorthand for a few schools and is much easier than writing out the names of the potential schools. Btw, I'm a NP (should we ban those shortcuts as well?).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?

Meaning, start college at a lower-tier school and then try to transfer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:First of all "Big 3" does not guarantee admission anywhere.

Publics always do better in this area.

Parents need to do their jobs and have their kids target safeties as well.

Nah 40 percent of our big 3 went to top 25 colleges or top 20 liberal arts schools. The remainder went to top 30 liberal arts or top 40 university with the exception of one or two. Public can’t come close to that.

Ditto in our "big 3" (sheesh that looks bad even in quotes) last year. Or maybe we are talking of the same one? Actually no, results were similar in another "Big 3" that we have some knowledge of, if I extrapolate from the sample I know about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?

God forbid they go to a “lower tier college”; ones that most American kids would sell their kidney for no less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?

If I spent 200k on a high school and that was the outcome, I'd want a refund

Yah, nope. Money is well spent regardless. To each their own.

One more time for the cheap seats: you do not send a kid to a private school, Big 3 or whatever, solely because you think it will increase their chances to get into an Ivy or the cream of the crop schools. If this is your attitude, you deserve to be disappointed.

One more time for the cheaper seats: we are not talking about "Ivy or cream of the crop schools". We are talking about kids getting rejected from all their picks ranked 75+.

You need to do a better job trolling. RD isn’t even out yet.

Right!