How are Big 3s doing with ED?

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Anonymous wrote:DP. Anxiety is up. I was twice with fellow NCS parents this week and there was a lot of college chatter. There are worried parents. The EA results sound tough, especially after mostly challenging ED results.

I think the college counseling team is doing a great job. It’s hard to get girls into college. It’s tough to convince schools that a 3.5 GPA is good. I hope it changes for future classes.

I also talked with a Sidwell friend this week and it sounds similar there. Their grading is similar so that makes sense.

The girls are happy for their classmates who are into college. They can be stressed about their own results and very happy for their friends.

Op is a troll. So I am curious why are you feeding the troll op by posting private conversations you had with “friends” in your community and friends at another school on a public forum? Is nothing able to be discussed privately anymore?

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Anonymous wrote:DP. Anxiety is up. I was twice with fellow NCS parents this week and there was a lot of college chatter. There are worried parents. The EA results sound tough, especially after mostly challenging ED results.

I think the college counseling team is doing a great job. It’s hard to get girls into college. It’s tough to convince schools that a 3.5 GPA is good. I hope it changes for future classes.

I also talked with a Sidwell friend this week and it sounds similar there. Their grading is similar so that makes sense.

The girls are happy for their classmates who are into college. They can be stressed about their own results and very happy for their friends.

Op is a troll. So I am curious why are you feeding the troll op by posting private conversations you had with “friends” in your community and friends at another school on a public forum? Is nothing able to be discussed privately anymore?

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I am NOT a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

[b]This poster needs some meds. Admissions at NCS are in no way horrendous this year. Emory, UVA, Chicago, Georgetown, Wake Forest, Boston College among others are great schools that girls are excited to attend.

This is a nice class and the girls are cheering each other on. Please stop degrading their accomplishments.

DP. .I am not the poster above but your comments are really uncalled for. I hope you are not teaching your daughter to speak this way. The poster above is saying her daughter has been deferred everywhere. She said admissions for the 40 plus girls she knows is horrendous. She did not say all others.

Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke)

She said outside of the 7 ives and Duke.

TBH, same at Sidwell. Some kids with great results. Bad, or at least worrisome, for everyone else. Definitely not what we expected when DC started here, that's for sure. But not a complete surprise after a string of bad years and a college counseling ofice that seems to churn through staff.
BBH,

Yup.

Tulane? Seriously?

Can’t believe we are paying $58k/year for this!

Maybe have a little class and stop making kids feel horrible about a school they are excited to attend. BTW Tulane is a wonderful school.
- Big 3 parent with a kid attending Tulane.

DP. You missed the point.

No one has anything against Tulane. It is a fine school.

The issue is that Tulane is poor ROI for the Big 3.

Better to just send your kids to public and invest the money you save. Outcomes will be better and you can use the money for something else.

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People have such tunnel vision about colleges. This makes you unhappy. Branch out.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

[b]This poster needs some meds. Admissions at NCS are in no way horrendous this year. Emory, UVA, Chicago, Georgetown, Wake Forest, Boston College among others are great schools that girls are excited to attend.

This is a nice class and the girls are cheering each other on. Please stop degrading their accomplishments.

DP. .I am not the poster above but your comments are really uncalled for. I hope you are not teaching your daughter to speak this way. The poster above is saying her daughter has been deferred everywhere. She said admissions for the 40 plus girls she knows is horrendous. She did not say all others.

Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke)

She said outside of the 7 ives and Duke.

TBH, same at Sidwell. Some kids with great results. Bad, or at least worrisome, for everyone else. Definitely not what we expected when DC started here, that's for sure. But not a complete surprise after a string of bad years and a college counseling ofice that seems to churn through staff.
BBH,

Yup.

Tulane? Seriously?

Can’t believe we are paying $58k/year for this!

Maybe have a little class and stop making kids feel horrible about a school they are excited to attend. BTW Tulane is a wonderful school.
- Big 3 parent with a kid attending Tulane.

DP. You missed the point.

No one has anything against Tulane. It is a fine school.

The issue is that Tulane is poor ROI for the Big 3.

Better to just send your kids to public and invest the money you save. Outcomes will be better and you can use the money for something else.

That is such a dumb point of view. Get a great high school education, and then have a great experience at Tulane. What exactly is the problem? I'm not seeing it.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

Wow, this is looking bad for NCS.

Something needs to change.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

[b]This poster needs some meds. Admissions at NCS are in no way horrendous this year. Emory, UVA, Chicago, Georgetown, Wake Forest, Boston College among others are great schools that girls are excited to attend.

This is a nice class and the girls are cheering each other on. Please stop degrading their accomplishments.

DP. .I am not the poster above but your comments are really uncalled for. I hope you are not teaching your daughter to speak this way. The poster above is saying her daughter has been deferred everywhere. She said admissions for the 40 plus girls she knows is horrendous. She did not say all others.

Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke)

She said outside of the 7 ives and Duke.

TBH, same at Sidwell. Some kids with great results. Bad, or at least worrisome, for everyone else. Definitely not what we expected when DC started here, that's for sure. But not a complete surprise after a string of bad years and a college counseling ofice that seems to churn through staff.
BBH,

Yup.

Tulane? Seriously?

Can’t believe we are paying $58k/year for this!

Maybe have a little class and stop making kids feel horrible about a school they are excited to attend. BTW Tulane is a wonderful school.
- Big 3 parent with a kid attending Tulane.

DP. You missed the point.

No one has anything against Tulane. It is a fine school.

The issue is that Tulane is poor ROI for the Big 3.

Better to just send your kids to public and invest the money you save. Outcomes will be better and you can use the money for something else.

That is such a dumb point of view. Get a great high school education, and then have a great experience at Tulane. What exactly is the problem? I'm not seeing it.

You sound obtuse. You understand what ROI is, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am NOT a troll.

Are you op? O is a troll - looking for info on colleges which kids Purposely are not posting yet. Op is a complete troll.

If you on the other hand ate a parent posting on a public forum to thousands to see conversations you had with your fellow parents at your school community - what they thought were maybe private conversations then you also are a troll. Give your own opinion without outing your fellow parents because what you are doing on here is called gossip!

State your own opinion about low GPAs without outing your fellow parents’ conversations.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

Wow, this is looking bad for NCS.

Something needs to change.

It is only January 27th. Historically this all works out in RD. DO NOT FEED THIS TROLL.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

Do the rest of the Big3 schools have less grade deflation than NCS? Because they regularly send kids to Northwestern.

No, they overinflate grades. What percentage of students in your graduating class had a 3.7 or above?

Whether you call it overinflation at Sidwell/STA/Maret/GDS or deflation at NCS, the former appear to have kids accepted to Northwestern and the later does not, despite many applying. The same could be said for USC, Vanderbilt, Hopkins and probably more.

NCS is sending only girls; the others are co-ed or all boys. At many schools (especially with certain majors) definitely advantage to boys. Just tougher for girls in general.

What about the girls being admitted from other schools especially to Northwestern?

Why does only one school seem to matter to you? Four girls at NCS are going to Cornell next year, 2 to Chicago, 1 to Harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 1 to Duke and many to SLACs among other competitive schools. 40% of the class is placed and it's only January 24th. These are strong results and lots more good news to come.

If no 4.0s, assuming all are submitting tests and they are high scores, are these girls with strong results in the 3.8 range? 3.6+ range?

Lol. No. You're not getting near those schools with a 3.6 from NCS. They Ivies this poster mentioned are all strongly hooked except for the Yale, 2 Cornells, and the Harvard. Those girls had top rigor and a 3.9 (basically the top of the class).
Admissions are horrendous outside of the ones this poster keeps posting (the 7 Ivies and Duke). My daughter has been deferred and deferred. I don't know what is going on. There are like 40 girls who are just getting deferred to ANY school in the top35. Unless something changes drastically in RD this will be the year the sh$%t hit the fan with this school and their 3.5 average.

Wow, this is looking bad for NCS.

Something needs to change.

It is only January 27th. Historically this all works out in RD. DO NOT FEED THIS TROLL.

Well yes and many kids opt never to post.

[Anonymous]

In my DC's graduation year at a different Big 3 - it did NOT "all work itself out in RD for unhooked students". We also know students from NCS that year and it also didn't all work out in RD.

By this I mean.....sure, they all got in somewhere by RD and had choices - but no - they did not get into the T20/T25 (let alone T10/Ivy/T5SLAC) schools that used to be more common for unhooked students with the group of students with high stats/rigor.

[Anonymous]

The landscape of college admissions has changed, particularly as a result and in the wake of COVID. Applying to colleges today is a completely different beast from when most of us did in the 80s/90s. Until all of you accept this and stop expecting admission to a top 25 university simply because your kid graduated from a Big 3, you'll be in for a world of disappointment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my DC's graduation year at a different Big 3 - it did NOT "all work itself out in RD for unhooked students". We also know students from NCS that year and it also didn't all work out in RD.

By this I mean.....sure, they all got in somewhere by RD and had choices - but no - they did not get into the T20/T25 (let alone T10/Ivy/T5SLAC) schools that used to be more common for unhooked students with the group of students with high stats/rigor.

If it didn’t work out for unhooked Big 3 students, then the issue most likely lies with said students’ grades, test scores, ECs (or lack thereof), middling recommendations, and/or the lack of a compelling narrative (eg, the students’ applications looked like thousands of others).

Even if you want to continue to whine on here about the fate of these student, please be honest with yourself about the likely quality of their applications.

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Anonymous wrote:In my DC's graduation year at a different Big 3 - it did NOT "all work itself out in RD for unhooked students". We also know students from NCS that year and it also didn't all work out in RD.

By this I mean.....sure, they all got in somewhere by RD and had choices - but no - they did not get into the T20/T25 (let alone T10/Ivy/T5SLAC) schools that used to be more common for unhooked students with the group of students with high stats/rigor.

If it didn’t work out for unhooked Big 3 students, then the issue most likely lies with said students’ grades, test scores, ECs (or lack thereof), middling recommendations, and/or the lack of a compelling narrative (eg, the students’ applications looked like thousands of others).

Even if you want to continue to whine on here about the fate of these student, please be honest with yourself about the likely quality of their applications.

Yeah - ok - every unhooked student had these flaws..... give me a break