ED - Carnage at the Big 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

As they should, especially after Varsity Blues. Sorry your $500,000 in K-12 didn’t pay off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta feel for Buffy and Winston. Failures for life.

Buffy and Winston haven't been going to the Ivies since the 1970s, possibly 1960s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea if there is "carnage" for the independent schools at any specific college but I interviewed a large group of DC students for my Ivy alma mater and had the usual number of thumbs up among my interviewees. And in the initial report for the area from my alma mater, there doesn't seem to be a drop off in admits in the early round this year.

The claim that URMs or low-income Questbridge applicants take up all the slots is absurd. 40% of children in the US are black or Latino while less than 20% of Ivy students are. 60% of Ivy students come from families in the top 1% by income and only a quarter from families making less than the median income. If you want to complain, the legacy preference is a problem, since almost all of the legacy admits are in the top 1% of incomes and they make up about 15% of any class. But, they also often have higher grades and scores (and better recs) than non-legacy admits too.

Ivy alumni interviewers are pathetic. You graduated from college 100 years ago. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

"normal and balanced" does not equal "elite".

Maybe it did back in the day but if your kid is a dime a dozen, by definition your kid isn't elite.

I'm sure your kid will go somewhere good and have a good experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

Correction, one of the Yale admits was legacy. The only legacy of the bunch listed above.

And none of them are URM?

Of course some are. Right, OP of this sub-thread?

[Anonymous]

Honest question: is college counselor job security at risk if these schools don’t place a certain percentage of students at so-called top colleges and universities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest question: is college counselor job security at risk if these schools don’t place a certain percentage of students at so-called top colleges and universities?

The schools themselves are at risk.

[Anonymous]

Every year, people say that their kid’s admit year was particularly hard.

I know these are the overall trends, over decades, but I think there is some melodrama (and self-protection) reflected by claims that this year was a killer year for getting into college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every year, people say that their kid’s admit year was particularly hard.

I know these are the overall trends, over decades, but I think there is some melodrama (and self-protection) reflected by claims that this year was a killer year for getting into college

And the cycle isn't even done yet! There is still a thing called RD, and while some were rejected ED maybe classmates will get in later.

[Anonymous]

Every year, people say that their kid’s admit year was particularly hard.

I know these are the overall trends, over decades, but I think there is some melodrama (and self-protection) reflected by claims that this year was a killer year for getting into college

ITA. Turnover in college guidance at these schools is driven in part by this mindset. It's not uncommon for 10-15% of Big 3 class to be admitted to Ivy/Top 10 school. But parents aren't willing to accept the fact that majority of these applicants are hooked. That leaves handful of spaces for their kid.

[Anonymous]

The premise of this thread is more wishful than fact-based at this point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest question: is college counselor job security at risk if these schools don’t place a certain percentage of students at so-called top colleges and universities?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true at STA. Already 14 boys in ivies (HPY Dartmouth and Columbia) plus another batch at top schools. And still waiting for UChicago

Not true for GDS, either. It feels like a normal year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

It’s faddish on the part of admission directors. They want urban. They want “Dreamers.” They even want Illegals.