Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So a public school parent came into the private school forum with this PSA?

We don't care.

And that's not sour grapes. The ivies have devolved into a false idol for spelling bee winning strivers and first gen kids destined go into debt and develop inferiority complexes.

Maybe not sour grapes, but awfully smug and judgey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So a public school parent came into the private school forum with this PSA?

We don't care.

And that's not sour grapes. The ivies have devolved into a false idol for spelling bee winning strivers and first gen kids destined go into debt and develop inferiority complexes.

Yeah, everyone knows that the Ivy League is for DEI, Libs and Poors now. The true elite go to SEC schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in high school right now. The oldest is at a top private and the youngest opted for Jackson-Reed. I say they are roughly equal in intelligence, but the private school kid works much harder and has more work. However, the private school kid has managed to pull a 3.8 GPA compared to the J-R sibling with a 4.4 GPA.

According to Naviance, the private school kid has almost no shot at a T10 admission and MAYBE a chance at Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, WashU if they apply ED1. He has good UChicago chances, but he doesn't want to go there. The J-R kid is right on target for Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc. And what's more interesting, is that there are <10 applicants to the absolute top colleges each from J-R every year compared to like 1/2 of the private school kids gunning for the T10.

What’s the JR students unweighted GPA? That 4.4 is meaningless. JR sends a very small percentage of its students to Ivy+ each year.

Btw, at my child’s Big 3, a >3.80 GPA puts you into play at EVERY school, and students are getting into UChicago with a 3.5 GPA.

Fiction.

— Big 3 parent

Lol—then either your children don’t attend a real Big 3, or they don’t attend the one my children attend.

My kids attend Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it’s not about the name of the college but how prepared they are for college. Or even better yet, setting them up to do really well in college and able to go to an awesome grad school. Maybe we just want smaller classes, teachers who know them, and not a machine of public school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hmmmm...hard to believe.

No it’s fact.

Public’s do better college admissions

I love it when morons pay for Catholic schools and they end up at tiny colleges not ivies not good colleges crap one’s

It’s not a fact. You actually love it? You sound like a miserable uneducated person. Most people don’t send their kids to Catholic schools for college outcomes you moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So a public school parent came into the private school forum with this PSA?

We don't care.

And that's not sour grapes. The ivies have devolved into a false idol for spelling bee winning strivers and first gen kids destined go into debt and develop inferiority complexes.

This! We really don’t care. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in high school right now. The oldest is at a top private and the youngest opted for Jackson-Reed. I say they are roughly equal in intelligence, but the private school kid works much harder and has more work. However, the private school kid has managed to pull a 3.8 GPA compared to the J-R sibling with a 4.4 GPA.

According to Naviance, the private school kid has almost no shot at a T10 admission and MAYBE a chance at Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, WashU if they apply ED1. He has good UChicago chances, but he doesn't want to go there. The J-R kid is right on target for Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc. And what's more interesting, is that there are <10 applicants to the absolute top colleges each from J-R every year compared to like 1/2 of the private school kids gunning for the T10.

T-10 admissions know what it is like at a Big 3. If your kid is at a Big 3 school, 3.8 at NCS/St. Albans, Sidwell or GDS is not 3.8 or 4.99 at a public school.

[Anonymous]

OP, hopefully you are feeling better about your choices. Deep breaths.

[Anonymous]

Big 3 classes are very small. So when you take the weighted average into account, it's stunning how many Big 3 parents come to DCUM to brag about their schools or to wring their hands about college admissions. I can't imagine subjecting my kids to that kind of environment.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a public school parent came into the private school forum with this PSA?

We don't care.

And that's not sour grapes. The ivies have devolved into a false idol for spelling bee winning strivers and first gen kids destined go into debt and develop inferiority complexes.
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Yeah, everyone knows that the Ivy League is for DEI, Libs and Poors now. The true elite go to SEC schools.[/quote]

YOU may not care. Doesn’t mean that others dont care. So if you have nothing to add to the conversation then shut your pie hole

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in high school right now. The oldest is at a top private and the youngest opted for Jackson-Reed. I say they are roughly equal in intelligence, but the private school kid works much harder and has more work. However, the private school kid has managed to pull a 3.8 GPA compared to the J-R sibling with a 4.4 GPA.

According to Naviance, the private school kid has almost no shot at a T10 admission and MAYBE a chance at Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, WashU if they apply ED1. He has good UChicago chances, but he doesn't want to go there. The J-R kid is right on target for Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc. And what's more interesting, is that there are <10 applicants to the absolute top colleges each from J-R every year compared to like 1/2 of the private school kids gunning for the T10.

What’s the JR students unweighted GPA? That 4.4 is meaningless. JR sends a very small percentage of its students to Ivy+ each year.

Btw, at my child’s Big 3, a >3.80 GPA puts you into play at EVERY school, and students are getting into UChicago with a 3.5 GPA.

Fiction.

— Big 3 parent

Lol—then either your children don’t attend a real Big 3, or they don’t attend the one my children attend.

My kids attend Sidwell.

As I said before, the student in question told me that they have a cumulative 3.5 GPA. I know this student well enough to know they’re not a liar. Plus, why would anyone lie by LOWERING their GPA?!

If you’re really a Sidwell parent, look at UChicago’s SCOIR data, after they input c/o 2026’s statistics. Then, come back here and apologize to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

No the stats do not lie they are published by public schools

Public’s always have a better record


Absolutely absurd to send your kid to a private for college admissions unless you are uber wealthy with major connections like the Kushner or trumps lol


Mine graduated from MCPS all Ivy acceptances all accepted at places like MIT places like Michigan or UNC or Georgia Tech etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

No the stats do not lie they are published by public schools

Public’s always have a better record


Absolutely absurd to send your kid to a private for college admissions unless you are uber wealthy with major connections like the Kushner or trumps lol


Mine graduated from MCPS all Ivy acceptances all accepted at places like MIT places like Michigan or UNC or Georgia Tech etc

Lies and cope! 🤣

Compare Sidwell’s Ivy+ acceptances to any DC Metro public (non-magnet). Sidwell consistently has a higher percentage of matriculations to Ivy+ schools. Let’s not forget, Sidwell is sending approximately 12% of its seniors to UChicago alone this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in high school right now. The oldest is at a top private and the youngest opted for Jackson-Reed. I say they are roughly equal in intelligence, but the private school kid works much harder and has more work. However, the private school kid has managed to pull a 3.8 GPA compared to the J-R sibling with a 4.4 GPA.

According to Naviance, the private school kid has almost no shot at a T10 admission and MAYBE a chance at Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, WashU if they apply ED1. He has good UChicago chances, but he doesn't want to go there. The J-R kid is right on target for Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc. And what's more interesting, is that there are <10 applicants to the absolute top colleges each from J-R every year compared to like 1/2 of the private school kids gunning for the T10.

The facts and stats show otherwise. Facts matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call bull****. In 2025, Jackson-Reed didn't send a single student to Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. PolarisList.com . If you are just going to make up stuff, you have to keep your claims vague and not capable of easy verification.

Given that Jackson-Reed doesn't send ANY students to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, your DC's chances there are essentially zero. Granted, your DC's chances at a top private are maybe only 3 percent, but those private school chances are still better. Each family has to decide for itself whether a nominal increase in chance is worth a few hundred thousand dollars, but it is b.sh__ that chances are better in publics, even in top publics.

No the stats do not lie they are published by public schools

Public’s always have a better record


Absolutely absurd to send your kid to a private for college admissions unless you are uber wealthy with major connections like the Kushner or trumps lol


Mine graduated from MCPS all Ivy acceptances all accepted at places like MIT places like Michigan or UNC or Georgia Tech etc

Lies and cope! 🤣

Compare Sidwell’s Ivy+ acceptances to any DC Metro public (non-magnet). Sidwell consistently has a higher percentage of matriculations to Ivy+ schools. Let’s not forget, Sidwell is sending approximately 12% of its seniors to UChicago alone this year.