Big 3 College Placement 2018-19 Cycle

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Anonymous wrote:People look at the list of past five year matriculations and focus on the top schools. What if you noticed that STA students in the past five years matriculated to Auburn University, College of Charleston, Elon, Hillsdale College, Indiana University, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Mount Sant Mary's University, Montgomery College, Catholic University of America, GW University, Miami University of Ohio, Wofford College, etc. Nothing wrong with these schools, but high acceptance rates and nothing special. Not sure those results would be worth my child going to a pressure cooker school and my half a million in tuition dollars.

i'm relieved to know your child won't be attending STA. Best news I've heard all day.

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Anonymous wrote:STA did really well in 2019. I think nearly 10 percent of the class to ONE of HYP. A couple of other great schools got 7-10 kids. I hope it is fully disclosed.

Why do you hope it is fully disclosed. As long as you know why do you care what a bunch of strangers think?

Why not. It shows the hard work of the boys and the school. Celebrate achievement.

STA and all other Big 3 should absolutely disclose their college matriculations each and every year, not just on a good year or a vague summary of 5 years. Anyone who entrusts their child to an institution and pays them hundreds of thousands of dollars should expect an honest straight forward understanding of end results. That would be a given in the business world. So why are the Big 3 afraid to do so? Because they realize it will push back the curtain and many may not be so impressed with all the results each year.

These schools are filled with top students, they have their pick of the litter, so to speak. Then these top/pick of the litter students all have to compete against each other for grades which creates a hierarchy or bell curve. The tippy top students may get into the Ivies, Stanford, MITs, but the rest/majority do not. So parents send their top students to top schools, pay big bucks, and assume they will get into top colleges, but this is not always the case. These top kids often feel average because they are competing against all top students. They end up at good above average or average colleges that they could have gotten into from any school. That being said, these kids do get a good education (although similar to many other schools in our area, especially the Big 5 or even 10). The Big 3 schools should not be afraid, let their reputation stand on its own, and pull back the curtain to show their matriculations every year. Allow parents who are investing in their schools make informed decisions. Maybe Ivies, Stanford, MIT is not important and that is ok. Maybe everyone is happy with the end result of an average or above average college and that is fine as well. But at least let everyone know the reality of college acceptances by disclosing the real matriculation results each year and not hide behind a vague list of schools for the past five years. If they have nothing to hide, they should be honest. As a parent giving the school my child and over $500,000 I would expect no less.

You are so naive. You would understand why not to disclose if you position yourself as the principal. There are enough big 3 haters there waiting for any opportunity to bash the school. Any news about Sidwell will easily grow over 10 pages. Do you think the school wants to stimulate these haters as well as some jealous people every year by disclosing it matriculation. Moreover, if you are a parent of big 3, you certainly hear some information about the matriculation every year though not in details.

Again, if you are a parent or prospective parent- you know the details. It's published every year. The general public, this board and certainly not this poster has any reason to know. Which is why no one should post this information.


Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

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Anonymous wrote:STA did really well in 2019. I think nearly 10 percent of the class to ONE of HYP. A couple of other great schools got 7-10 kids. I hope it is fully disclosed.

Why do you hope it is fully disclosed. As long as you know why do you care what a bunch of strangers think?

Why not. It shows the hard work of the boys and the school. Celebrate achievement.

STA and all other Big 3 should absolutely disclose their college matriculations each and every year, not just on a good year or a vague summary of 5 years. Anyone who entrusts their child to an institution and pays them hundreds of thousands of dollars should expect an honest straight forward understanding of end results. That would be a given in the business world. So why are the Big 3 afraid to do so? Because they realize it will push back the curtain and many may not be so impressed with all the results each year.

These schools are filled with top students, they have their pick of the litter, so to speak. Then these top/pick of the litter students all have to compete against each other for grades which creates a hierarchy or bell curve. The tippy top students may get into the Ivies, Stanford, MITs, but the rest/majority do not. So parents send their top students to top schools, pay big bucks, and assume they will get into top colleges, but this is not always the case. These top kids often feel average because they are competing against all top students. They end up at good above average or average colleges that they could have gotten into from any school. That being said, these kids do get a good education (although similar to many other schools in our area, especially the Big 5 or even 10). The Big 3 schools should not be afraid, let their reputation stand on its own, and pull back the curtain to show their matriculations every year. Allow parents who are investing in their schools make informed decisions. Maybe Ivies, Stanford, MIT is not important and that is ok. Maybe everyone is happy with the end result of an average or above average college and that is fine as well. But at least let everyone know the reality of college acceptances by disclosing the real matriculation results each year and not hide behind a vague list of schools for the past five years. If they have nothing to hide, they should be honest. As a parent giving the school my child and over $500,000 I would expect no less.

You are so naive. You would understand why not to disclose if you position yourself as the principal. There are enough big 3 haters there waiting for any opportunity to bash the school. Any news about Sidwell will easily grow over 10 pages. Do you think the school wants to stimulate these haters as well as some jealous people every year by disclosing it matriculation. Moreover, if you are a parent of big 3, you certainly hear some information about the matriculation every year though not in details.

Again, if you are a parent or prospective parent- you know the details. It's published every year. The general public, this board and certainly not this poster has any reason to know. Which is why no one should post this information.


Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

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Anonymous wrote:STA did really well in 2019. I think nearly 10 percent of the class to ONE of HYP. A couple of other great schools got 7-10 kids. I hope it is fully disclosed.

Why do you hope it is fully disclosed. As long as you know why do you care what a bunch of strangers think?

Why not. It shows the hard work of the boys and the school. Celebrate achievement.

STA and all other Big 3 should absolutely disclose their college matriculations each and every year, not just on a good year or a vague summary of 5 years. Anyone who entrusts their child to an institution and pays them hundreds of thousands of dollars should expect an honest straight forward understanding of end results. That would be a given in the business world. So why are the Big 3 afraid to do so? Because they realize it will push back the curtain and many may not be so impressed with all the results each year.

These schools are filled with top students, they have their pick of the litter, so to speak. Then these top/pick of the litter students all have to compete against each other for grades which creates a hierarchy or bell curve. The tippy top students may get into the Ivies, Stanford, MITs, but the rest/majority do not. So parents send their top students to top schools, pay big bucks, and assume they will get into top colleges, but this is not always the case. These top kids often feel average because they are competing against all top students. They end up at good above average or average colleges that they could have gotten into from any school. That being said, these kids do get a good education (although similar to many other schools in our area, especially the Big 5 or even 10). The Big 3 schools should not be afraid, let their reputation stand on its own, and pull back the curtain to show their matriculations every year. Allow parents who are investing in their schools make informed decisions. Maybe Ivies, Stanford, MIT is not important and that is ok. Maybe everyone is happy with the end result of an average or above average college and that is fine as well. But at least let everyone know the reality of college acceptances by disclosing the real matriculation results each year and not hide behind a vague list of schools for the past five years. If they have nothing to hide, they should be honest. As a parent giving the school my child and over $500,000 I would expect no less.

You are so naive. You would understand why not to disclose if you position yourself as the principal. There are enough big 3 haters there waiting for any opportunity to bash the school. Any news about Sidwell will easily grow over 10 pages. Do you think the school wants to stimulate these haters as well as some jealous people every year by disclosing it matriculation. Moreover, if you are a parent of big 3, you certainly hear some information about the matriculation every year though not in details.

Again, if you are a parent or prospective parent- you know the details. It's published every year. The general public, this board and certainly not this poster has any reason to know. Which is why no one should post this information.


Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

It's in the STA bulletin that comes out every summer and is mailed to every family. If you ask the college office, they can give it to you as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I always saw the top cohort referenced as HYPSM (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT)

+1. Since when were Stanford and MIT considered as less prestigious? Never.

Since the rise of tech I actually think Harvard, MIT and Stanford have become the top 3 for the most ambitious kids. Harvard was fortunate because Zuckerberg started Facebook and pulled a lot of Harvard alums in with him. Yale may be the shakiest because they have the weakest CS/tech but they have recently poured resources in to fix it and of course they have such a dominant law school. Princeton mysteriously seems to maintain its status no matter how the winds blow so kudos to them for that.

It’s not a mystery why Princeton retains its status. Princeton alums are crazy loyal, and it per alum it has a larger endowment than Harvard or Yale.

It has strong departments across the board, in part because it’s only professional school is small, a deliberate choice by the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People look at the list of past five year matriculations and focus on the top schools. What if you noticed that STA students in the past five years matriculated to Auburn University, College of Charleston, Elon, Hillsdale College, Indiana University, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Mount Sant Mary's University, Montgomery College, Catholic University of America, GW University, Miami University of Ohio, Wofford College, etc. Nothing wrong with these schools, but high acceptance rates and nothing special. Not sure those results would be worth my child going to a pressure cooker school and my half a million in tuition dollars.

i'm relieved to know your child won't be attending STA. Best news I've heard all day.

Indeed. Plus, many of the kids who went to those schools went to play a sport. D1 athletics involve about 1 or 2 percent of high school kids.

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Anonymous wrote:STA did really well in 2019. I think nearly 10 percent of the class to ONE of HYP. A couple of other great schools got 7-10 kids. I hope it is fully disclosed.

Why do you hope it is fully disclosed. As long as you know why do you care what a bunch of strangers think?

Why not. It shows the hard work of the boys and the school. Celebrate achievement.

STA and all other Big 3 should absolutely disclose their college matriculations each and every year, not just on a good year or a vague summary of 5 years. Anyone who entrusts their child to an institution and pays them hundreds of thousands of dollars should expect an honest straight forward understanding of end results. That would be a given in the business world. So why are the Big 3 afraid to do so? Because they realize it will push back the curtain and many may not be so impressed with all the results each year.

These schools are filled with top students, they have their pick of the litter, so to speak. Then these top/pick of the litter students all have to compete against each other for grades which creates a hierarchy or bell curve. The tippy top students may get into the Ivies, Stanford, MITs, but the rest/majority do not. So parents send their top students to top schools, pay big bucks, and assume they will get into top colleges, but this is not always the case. These top kids often feel average because they are competing against all top students. They end up at good above average or average colleges that they could have gotten into from any school. That being said, these kids do get a good education (although similar to many other schools in our area, especially the Big 5 or even 10). The Big 3 schools should not be afraid, let their reputation stand on its own, and pull back the curtain to show their matriculations every year. Allow parents who are investing in their schools make informed decisions. Maybe Ivies, Stanford, MIT is not important and that is ok. Maybe everyone is happy with the end result of an average or above average college and that is fine as well. But at least let everyone know the reality of college acceptances by disclosing the real matriculation results each year and not hide behind a vague list of schools for the past five years. If they have nothing to hide, they should be honest. As a parent giving the school my child and over $500,000 I would expect no less.

You are so naive. You would understand why not to disclose if you position yourself as the principal. There are enough big 3 haters there waiting for any opportunity to bash the school. Any news about Sidwell will easily grow over 10 pages. Do you think the school wants to stimulate these haters as well as some jealous people every year by disclosing it matriculation. Moreover, if you are a parent of big 3, you certainly hear some information about the matriculation every year though not in details.

Again, if you are a parent or prospective parent- you know the details. It's published every year. The general public, this board and certainly not this poster has any reason to know. Which is why no one should post this information.


Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

Actually I am a parent and do not know the details. As far as I know, school does not release information even to current parents.

It's in the STA bulletin that comes out every summer and is mailed to every family. If you ask the college office, they can give it to you as well.

Does Sidwell release the college information? I was a new parent this year and haven't seen anything.

[Anonymous]

NCS used to write their choices in chalk on the sidewalk. Did they stop?

[Anonymous]

Bee fing is going to be an issue at any of the top 15-20 schools in the area, not just the Big 3. Don't assume that the pressure cooker environment of a Sidwell causes teenage mischief. It just happens at that age. Kids will be kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Bee fing is going to be an issue at any of the top 15-20 schools in the area, not just the Big 3. Don't assume that the pressure cooker environment of a Sidwell causes teenage mischief. It just happens at that age. Kids will be kids.

Welcome back. You were missed! I've noticed a few "beefer-like" posts over the last week. Is school out?

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Anonymous wrote:Bee fing is going to be an issue at any of the top 15-20 schools in the area, not just the Big 3. Don't assume that the pressure cooker environment of a Sidwell causes teenage mischief. It just happens at that age. Kids will be kids.

Welcome back. You were missed! I've noticed a few "beefer-like" posts over the last week. Is school out?

The Beefer and the Vaper are clearly the same author...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People look at the list of past five year matriculations and focus on the top schools. What if you noticed that STA students in the past five years matriculated to Auburn University, College of Charleston, Elon, Hillsdale College, Indiana University, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Mount Sant Mary's University, Montgomery College, Catholic University of America, GW University, Miami University of Ohio, Wofford College, etc. Nothing wrong with these schools, but high acceptance rates and nothing special. Not sure those results would be worth my child going to a pressure cooker school and my half a million in tuition dollars.

You do you. Most of us don't view our kids as investment vehicles to extract ROI.

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Anonymous wrote:People look at the list of past five year matriculations and focus on the top schools. What if you noticed that STA students in the past five years matriculated to Auburn University, College of Charleston, Elon, Hillsdale College, Indiana University, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Mount Sant Mary's University, Montgomery College, Catholic University of America, GW University, Miami University of Ohio, Wofford College, etc. Nothing wrong with these schools, but high acceptance rates and nothing special. Not sure those results would be worth my child going to a pressure cooker school and my half a million in tuition dollars.

You do you. Most of us don't view our kids as investment vehicles to extract ROI.

This is such a complete joke. If the parents of Big 3 kids weren’t putting their kids in those schools in the hope / obsession that they’ll get into an Ivy then they wouldn’t be having their kids from those schools applying to the Ivies in droves. Face it, Big 3 - you’re prestige whores. You live for this stuff. It defines you.

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You know nothing about us or our kids. Not everyone is as nasty as you very clearly are.

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LOL, you think this is somehow unique to the Big 3?

Parents of PUBLIC SCHOOLS have their kids applying to the Ivies in droves too. I've interviewed several each year for the past decade and only a small handful over this time seemed remotely qualified IMO. I don't see you calling public school parents "prestige whores" though.