After all the drama, Big3 college admissions are really as strong as ever this year

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

Big 3

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Here you go (rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/

https://m.university-list.net/us/rank/school-300001.html

https://www.insider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2017-8

Articles from national publications that highlight these schools’ elite status and national profile:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a23652168/brett-kavanaugh-washington-dc-private-schools/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22sidwell.html?_r=1&em

Wow. BIM is the #1 private school in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is at NCS.
From what I can tell:
20% Ivies
10% U of Chicago
10% other top 20 universities
10% top 10 liberal arts colleges
Etc.
That is 50% of the class into TOP20 colleges/universities. Minimum.

Even with the deflated GPAs (well under 4.0), almost no APs, etc.

STA is similar.
Sidwell has pretty much gotten the entire class in top50 schools.
GDS is a bit uneven.

How exactly are the grades "deflated"? Public schools might inflate grades, but that doesn't mean independent ones deflate them.

Are you new here? Most of the more academics rigorous private schools here pride themselves on giving out significantly less As than area public’s.

What school prides itself on "giving" students FEWER As? Methinks this is a bit of projection on your part. The point remains: it's the grade inflation at public high schools that is the problem.

You really are new here PP and have no idea what you are talking about. Grade deflation is absolutely a thing that anyone who actually attends these schools, or knows someone who does, knows to be true. Please realize this is something you just obviously dont know much about and stop posting untill you do a little more homework.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is at NCS.
From what I can tell:
20% Ivies
10% U of Chicago
10% other top 20 universities
10% top 10 liberal arts colleges
Etc.
That is 50% of the class into TOP20 colleges/universities. Minimum.

Even with the deflated GPAs (well under 4.0), almost no APs, etc.

STA is similar.
Sidwell has pretty much gotten the entire class in top50 schools.
GDS is a bit uneven.

How exactly are the grades "deflated"? Public schools might inflate grades, but that doesn't mean independent ones deflate them.

Are you new here? Most of the more academics rigorous private schools here pride themselves on giving out significantly less As than area public’s.

What school prides itself on "giving" students FEWER As? Methinks this is a bit of projection on your part. The point remains: it's the grade inflation at public high schools that is the problem.

You really are new here PP and have no idea what you are talking about. Grade deflation is absolutely a thing that anyone who actually attends these schools, or knows someone who does, knows to be true. Please realize this is something you just obviously dont know much about and stop posting untill you do a little more homework.

It really isn’t. And those teachers that people insist don’t give As? They do.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Here you go (rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/

https://m.university-list.net/us/rank/school-300001.html

https://www.insider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2017-8

Articles from national publications that highlight these schools’ elite status and national profile:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a23652168/brett-kavanaugh-washington-dc-private-schools/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22sidwell.html?_r=1&em

Wow. BIM is the #1 private school in Virginia.

No one cares about Virginia private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Here you go (rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/

https://m.university-list.net/us/rank/school-300001.html

https://www.insider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2017-8

Articles from national publications that highlight these schools’ elite status and national profile:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a23652168/brett-kavanaugh-washington-dc-private-schools/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22sidwell.html?_r=1&em

Wow. BIM is the #1 private school in Virginia.

No one cares about Virginia private schools.

+1. f*ck’em boonies

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is at NCS.
From what I can tell:
20% Ivies
10% U of Chicago
10% other top 20 universities
10% top 10 liberal arts colleges
Etc.
That is 50% of the class into TOP20 colleges/universities. Minimum.

Even with the deflated GPAs (well under 4.0), almost no APs, etc.

STA is similar.
Sidwell has pretty much gotten the entire class in top50 schools.
GDS is a bit uneven.

How exactly are the grades "deflated"? Public schools might inflate grades, but that doesn't mean independent ones deflate them.

Are you new here? Most of the more academics rigorous private schools here pride themselves on giving out significantly less As than area public’s.

What school prides itself on "giving" students FEWER As? Methinks this is a bit of projection on your part. The point remains: it's the grade inflation at public high schools that is the problem.

You really are new here PP and have no idea what you are talking about. Grade deflation is absolutely a thing that anyone who actually attends these schools, or knows someone who does, knows to be true. Please realize this is something you just obviously dont know much about and stop posting untill you do a little more homework.

It really isn’t. And those teachers that people insist don’t give As? They do.

The earlier PP is correct - there are definitely teachers at our Big 3 that pride themselves in being very hard and give almost no A's.

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Anonymous wrote:Op seems to be exaggerating a bit as Sidwell list looks good but definitely has schools outside T50.

Much of the impressive Sidwell list is hooked.

You have no firsthand knowledge to back up this claim. There’s no way in the world you know where all of their parents attended college. None…so stop it.

LinkedIn & the internet in general exist. You search the last name & “DC” and, say, Dartmouth alumni dinner attendance lists come up.

Complete BS. At least half of Sidwell’s posted Ivy admits have common surnames, are not URMs, and do not mention sports in the future college plans. There’s zero chance that you can be certain that Sidwell student, “John Robinson,” (fictional name) is a Brown University legacy. There are simply too many Robinsons in DC. Further, John Robinson’s parents may actually live and work in Maryland or Virginia.

As a Sidwell insider, you can be quite certain, however.

You’re a Sidwell insider who has to use LinkedIn and internet searches to find parental information? Mmmkay.

Once again, complete and utter BS. Sidwell doesn’t ask about parents’ education background on admissions applications. The only way that administrators, teachers, other students, and you would know the parents’ colleges is if they ask the students. You DID not ask all of the aforementioned students for that information.

Now, get off Al Gore’s internet and go do something productive with your Sunday.

What?? You do realize that parents talk to each other, right? And aren't necessarily secretive about their backgrounds?

Np. Sidwell asks about parents’ educations and work profiles on applications (standard for private schools) and I frequently Google search the parents of the kids who I go to school with…Why not? If someone mentions that all their siblings went to Georgetown or something like that I’ll Google to see if their family donated a building (this actually happened and their family did donate a building).

My rising 9th grader applied/was accepted to Sidwell this past March. There are exactly zero questions on Sidwell’s application that ask where the applicant’s parents attended school. ZERO

You have not even joined the school and you are yapping like some expert.

In 11th and 12th grade, the college counselors ask for this information blatantly.

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Anonymous wrote:Money and privilege still matter, absolutely shocking

NCS parent. Sure, they have the privilege of an expensive education (not a small thing) but many of these kids are not legacy.
They did work like sled-dogs for 4 years. It's good to know that colleges recognize this.
I'm not sure I (or she) would choose this again but I think she's an incredibly well prepared student.

What would you choose if you could go back?

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Anonymous wrote:Op seems to be exaggerating a bit as Sidwell list looks good but definitely has schools outside T50.

Much of the impressive Sidwell list is hooked.

You have no firsthand knowledge to back up this claim. There’s no way in the world you know where all of their parents attended college. None…so stop it.

LinkedIn & the internet in general exist. You search the last name & “DC” and, say, Dartmouth alumni dinner attendance lists come up.

Complete BS. At least half of Sidwell’s posted Ivy admits have common surnames, are not URMs, and do not mention sports in the future college plans. There’s zero chance that you can be certain that Sidwell student, “John Robinson,” (fictional name) is a Brown University legacy. There are simply too many Robinsons in DC. Further, John Robinson’s parents may actually live and work in Maryland or Virginia.

As a Sidwell insider, you can be quite certain, however.

You’re a Sidwell insider who has to use LinkedIn and internet searches to find parental information? Mmmkay.

Once again, complete and utter BS. Sidwell doesn’t ask about parents’ education background on admissions applications. The only way that administrators, teachers, other students, and you would know the parents’ colleges is if they ask the students. You DID not ask all of the aforementioned students for that information.

Now, get off Al Gore’s internet and go do something productive with your Sunday.

What?? You do realize that parents talk to each other, right? And aren't necessarily secretive about their backgrounds?

Np. Sidwell asks about parents’ educations and work profiles on applications (standard for private schools) and I frequently Google search the parents of the kids who I go to school with…Why not? If someone mentions that all their siblings went to Georgetown or something like that I’ll Google to see if their family donated a building (this actually happened and their family did donate a building).

My rising 9th grader applied/was accepted to Sidwell this past March. There are exactly zero questions on Sidwell’s application that ask where the applicant’s parents attended school. ZERO

You have not even joined the school and you are yapping like some expert.

In 11th and 12th grade, the college counselors ask for this information blatantly.

You were required to reapply to Sidwell in each of 11th and 12th grade? And were interviewed by the college counselor then?

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Anonymous wrote:Op seems to be exaggerating a bit as Sidwell list looks good but definitely has schools outside T50.

Much of the impressive Sidwell list is hooked.

You have no firsthand knowledge to back up this claim. There’s no way in the world you know where all of their parents attended college. None…so stop it.

LinkedIn & the internet in general exist. You search the last name & “DC” and, say, Dartmouth alumni dinner attendance lists come up.

Complete BS. At least half of Sidwell’s posted Ivy admits have common surnames, are not URMs, and do not mention sports in the future college plans. There’s zero chance that you can be certain that Sidwell student, “John Robinson,” (fictional name) is a Brown University legacy. There are simply too many Robinsons in DC. Further, John Robinson’s parents may actually live and work in Maryland or Virginia.

As a Sidwell insider, you can be quite certain, however.

You’re a Sidwell insider who has to use LinkedIn and internet searches to find parental information? Mmmkay.

Once again, complete and utter BS. Sidwell doesn’t ask about parents’ education background on admissions applications. The only way that administrators, teachers, other students, and you would know the parents’ colleges is if they ask the students. You DID not ask all of the aforementioned students for that information.

Now, get off Al Gore’s internet and go do something productive with your Sunday.

What?? You do realize that parents talk to each other, right? And aren't necessarily secretive about their backgrounds?

Np. Sidwell asks about parents’ educations and work profiles on applications (standard for private schools) and I frequently Google search the parents of the kids who I go to school with…Why not? If someone mentions that all their siblings went to Georgetown or something like that I’ll Google to see if their family donated a building (this actually happened and their family did donate a building).

My rising 9th grader applied/was accepted to Sidwell this past March. There are exactly zero questions on Sidwell’s application that ask where the applicant’s parents attended school. ZERO

You have not even joined the school and you are yapping like some expert.

In 11th and 12th grade, the college counselors ask for this information blatantly.

Unlike you I have string reading comprehension skills. I replied to the post that stated that Sidwell asks about APPLICANTS’ parents college attendance on the admissions application. That statement is blatantly and demonstrably false. Period.

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Anonymous wrote:Op seems to be exaggerating a bit as Sidwell list looks good but definitely has schools outside T50.

Much of the impressive Sidwell list is hooked.

You have no firsthand knowledge to back up this claim. There’s no way in the world you know where all of their parents attended college. None…so stop it.

LinkedIn & the internet in general exist. You search the last name & “DC” and, say, Dartmouth alumni dinner attendance lists come up.

Complete BS. At least half of Sidwell’s posted Ivy admits have common surnames, are not URMs, and do not mention sports in the future college plans. There’s zero chance that you can be certain that Sidwell student, “John Robinson,” (fictional name) is a Brown University legacy. There are simply too many Robinsons in DC. Further, John Robinson’s parents may actually live and work in Maryland or Virginia.

As a Sidwell insider, you can be quite certain, however.

You’re a Sidwell insider who has to use LinkedIn and internet searches to find parental information? Mmmkay.

Once again, complete and utter BS. Sidwell doesn’t ask about parents’ education background on admissions applications. The only way that administrators, teachers, other students, and you would know the parents’ colleges is if they ask the students. You DID not ask all of the aforementioned students for that information.

Now, get off Al Gore’s internet and go do something productive with your Sunday.

What?? You do realize that parents talk to each other, right? And aren't necessarily secretive about their backgrounds?

Np. Sidwell asks about parents’ educations and work profiles on applications (standard for private schools) and I frequently Google search the parents of the kids who I go to school with…Why not? If someone mentions that all their siblings went to Georgetown or something like that I’ll Google to see if their family donated a building (this actually happened and their family did donate a building).

My rising 9th grader applied/was accepted to Sidwell this past March. There are exactly zero questions on Sidwell’s application that ask where the applicant’s parents attended school. ZERO

You have not even joined the school and you are yapping like some expert.

In 11th and 12th grade, the college counselors ask for this information blatantly.

You were required to reapply to Sidwell in each of 11th and 12th grade? And were interviewed by the college counselor then?

You know HS admissions officers use Google -- and fancier data software -- right?

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Anonymous wrote:Money and privilege still matter, absolutely shocking

NCS parent. Sure, they have the privilege of an expensive education (not a small thing) but many of these kids are not legacy.
They did work like sled-dogs for 4 years. It's good to know that colleges recognize this.
I'm not sure I (or she) would choose this again but I think she's an incredibly well prepared student.

Public high school kids “work like sled dogs” for 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Money and privilege still matter, absolutely shocking

NCS parent. Sure, they have the privilege of an expensive education (not a small thing) but many of these kids are not legacy.
They did work like sled-dogs for 4 years. It's good to know that colleges recognize this.
I'm not sure I (or she) would choose this again but I think she's an incredibly well prepared student.

Public high school kids “work like sled dogs” for 4 years.

Public high school kids in DC work like sled-dogs?
Ha ha-no!

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is at NCS.
From what I can tell:
20% Ivies
10% U of Chicago
10% other top 20 universities
10% top 10 liberal arts colleges
Etc.
That is 50% of the class into TOP20 colleges/universities. Minimum.

Even with the deflated GPAs (well under 4.0), almost no APs, etc.

STA is similar.
Sidwell has pretty much gotten the entire class in top50 schools.
GDS is a bit uneven.

Am I the only one that actually thinks the %age going to top 20 schools should be much higher than 50%?

Curious if anyone knows the %age from 10 or 20 years ago.