Discrepancy btw public and private HS in GPA and outcomes

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Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV private.
3.8uw into Cornell/UChicago;
3.82uw into Vanderbilt/Rice;
3.84 into Northwestern/Brown.

This is really inflated over DC's DMV Big3 private. No one under a 3.9 has been admitted to Brown, Northwestern or Vanderbilt in over 5 years.

Maybe it's hard to get a 3.95+ there, or there are fewer of them? Might not be "inflated" if there are so few top students above 3.9.....

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

Why?

Bc for some unknown and unfortunate reason UrbanBaby shut down. DCUM launched after UB, so some of us migrated here.

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Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV private.
3.8uw into Cornell/UChicago;
3.82uw into Vanderbilt/Rice;
3.84 into Northwestern/Brown.

This is really inflated over DC's DMV Big3 private. No one under a 3.9 has been admitted to Brown, Northwestern or Vanderbilt in over 5 years.

Every school has different curve. In our NYC non-TT, few makes over 3.9 each year. Top students cluster in 3.7-3.8 range. Then consider the rigor.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

Why?

its a college board. not really about DC. Better than reddit and CC.

Agreed. I'm on the west coast, my best friend also lurks here from Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no generalizing private vs public - depends on the private, and the college admissions officers know the schools well so know how to evaluate those transcripts. At our private, kids with 3.5 and up (with rigor) and high test scores go to Cornell, WashU, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, etc.

BS. Name the private school that is getting 3.5s into Vanderbilt, Cornell, WashU, and Georgetown without some extraordinary hook.

I suspect a handful of schools in NYC that send over 40% to ivies can do that. PP wasn’t saying just 3.5, but 3.5 with rigor and high score (thinking 1550+). So it’s possible to get into those named colleges.

Definitely. My DC is in one of those privates in NYC and can confirm that. Especially if the major is niche/undersubscribed, or the kid has done time consuming ECs for many years or is URM / first gen or is legacy. In fact, I personally know a girl who is all of the above and not a top student but a strong enough student who had multiple Ivy admits.

Another top 3 NYC private school parent here: can confirm. Our counselor said in a meeting in passing that at our school, a student with 3.5 with ED can get into Vandy. but Vandy is not popular at our school so not that many students ED there.

It is so weird that New York moms are on this DC thread talking about their private schools.

Not really. Im from another city too (not NYC or DC). There are many of us here.

Why?

its a college board. not really about DC. Better than reddit and CC.

Agreed. I'm on the west coast, my best friend also lurks here from Texas.

Chicago here…