College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

[Anonymous]

Well, seems about right to me.

Maybe things are more selective in the past, but it does seem reasonable to think that not as many of our kids are as spectacular as we think.

A reckoning for the Lake Wobegon residents among us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And write one of your essays on your menstruation cycle or why you love Papa John’s pizza.

Or write "Black LIves Matter" over and over in your essay. Worked for an applicant to Stanford last year.

I believe the student, Ziad Ahmed, attends Yale now.

[Anonymous]

The Black Lives Matter wasn't his actual 500 word common app essay, it was one of the short prompts within the Stanford essay, wasn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Black Lives Matter wasn't his actual 500 word common app essay, it was one of the short prompts within the Stanford essay, wasn't it?

Dunno. Wrote it 100 times. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-accepted-stanford-after-writing-blacklivesmatter-100-times-application-n742586.

[Anonymous]

Do boarding schools like Exeter/Phillips Academy/Milton have better admits?

Saw Milton had 16 to Harvard and 5 to Stanford tin 2017 and Nobles & Greenough had 9 to Harvard and 9 to Dartmouth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do boarding schools like Exeter/Phillips Academy/Milton have better admits?

Saw Milton had 16 to Harvard and 5 to Stanford tin 2017 and Nobles & Greenough had 9 to Harvard and 9 to Dartmouth

wasn't that last year? Might be very instructive to see if they did equally well this year.

[Anonymous]

Forget the $$ boarding schools, The Boston Latin School (public) typically sends 16 students each year to Harvard only.

[Anonymous]

only = alone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forget the $$ boarding schools, The Boston Latin School (public) typically sends 16 students each year to Harvard only.

good school, in Harvard's back yard. Not surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget the $$ boarding schools, The Boston Latin School (public) typically sends 16 students each year to Harvard only.

good school, in Harvard's back yard. Not surprised.

Some of those students are probably children of faculty and staff. Not that they aren't also smart, but they do have a hook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget the $$ boarding schools, The Boston Latin School (public) typically sends 16 students each year to Harvard only.

good school, in Harvard's back yard. Not surprised.

Some of those students are probably children of faculty and staff. Not that they aren't also smart, but they do have a hook.

and insanely high number of direct legacies

[Anonymous]

Palo Alto High sends 15 to 25 students to Stanford every year. Same phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget the $$ boarding schools, The Boston Latin School (public) typically sends 16 students each year to Harvard only.

good school, in Harvard's back yard. Not surprised.

Some of those students are probably children of faculty and staff. Not that they aren't also smart, but they do have a hook.

and insanely high number of direct legacies

I think you need % - there are over 300 students in BLS. And their matriculation in recent years really not that good - they had 1 to Harvard in 2016
https://sites.google.com/a/bostonpublicschools.org/blastudentsupport/college-resou/bla-college-matriculation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Palo Alto High sends 15 to 25 students to Stanford every year. Same phenomenon.

Many are the children of professors and other staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And write one of your essays on your menstruation cycle or why you love Papa John’s pizza.

Or write "Black LIves Matter" over and over in your essay. Worked for an applicant to Stanford last year.

Completely sickening.