is grade deflation really hurting college admissions this year?

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

Just 70-74 kids? That is a small class. I would prefer a bigger school for my daughter.
Why are folks so obsessed with NCS? Is St. Albans class size the same?

Yes, STA is roughly the same. Each school varies by a few kids each year. They are both small schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

Just 70-74 kids? That is a small class. I would prefer a bigger school for my daughter.
Why are folks so obsessed with NCS? Is St. Albans class size the same?

Yes, STA is roughly the same. Each school varies by a few kids each year. They are both small schools.

NCS 2025 has 90 plus

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

Just 70-74 kids? That is a small class. I would prefer a bigger school for my daughter.
Why are folks so obsessed with NCS? Is St. Albans class size the same?

Yes, STA is roughly the same. Each school varies by a few kids each year. They are both small schools.

NCS 2025 has 90 plus

This was a Covid class which had higher than anticipated matriculation.
This class has since dropped below 90.

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Anonymous wrote:So you agree with the premise of lower standards!

No, but it’s clear that you attempt to scapegoat URMs in order to avoid the truth that you (and your children) are simply mediocre. Your ancestors were mediocre too because they didn’t use their white skin privilege to gain admission to Ivy/highly selective universities when those institutions actively and openly discriminated against qualified URMs. It sucks to suck.

None of that follows. You can’t make a coherent argument.

Your response is consistent with your inclination to scapegoat. You don’t understand what I said, so you say that I “can’t make a coherent argument.”
No, you’re unable to understand my very coherent statement. Continue to wallow in your mediocrity.

Not just coherent, but very coherent. You can't write either.

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Anonymous wrote:So you agree with the premise of lower standards!

No, but it’s clear that you attempt to scapegoat URMs in order to avoid the truth that you (and your children) are simply mediocre. Your ancestors were mediocre too because they didn’t use their white skin privilege to gain admission to Ivy/highly selective universities when those institutions actively and openly discriminated against qualified URMs. It sucks to suck.

None of that follows. You can’t make a coherent argument.

Your response is consistent with your inclination to scapegoat. You don’t understand what I said, so you say that I “can’t make a coherent argument.”
No, you’re unable to understand my very coherent statement. Continue to wallow in your mediocrity.

Not just coherent, but very coherent. You can't write either.

DP. Not a hard argument to parse. Basically if you were too dumb to get in, it’s your fault your kids don’t have a legacy hook.

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Anonymous wrote:So you agree with the premise of lower standards!

No, but it’s clear that you attempt to scapegoat URMs in order to avoid the truth that you (and your children) are simply mediocre. Your ancestors were mediocre too because they didn’t use their white skin privilege to gain admission to Ivy/highly selective universities when those institutions actively and openly discriminated against qualified URMs. It sucks to suck.

None of that follows. You can’t make a coherent argument.

Your response is consistent with your inclination to scapegoat. You don’t understand what I said, so you say that I “can’t make a coherent argument.”
No, you’re unable to understand my very coherent statement. Continue to wallow in your mediocrity.

Not just coherent, but very coherent. You can't write either.

DP. Not a hard argument to parse. Basically if you were too dumb to get in, it’s your fault your kids don’t have a legacy hook.

Basically. Blame yourself, not others.

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Again you miss the point but at least you are good at it.

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Anonymous wrote:Again you miss the point but at least you are good at it.

So did you. So are you.

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Anonymous wrote:Again you miss the point but at least you are good at it.

So did you. So are you.

Isn’t one of you going to say: “I’m rubber and you’re glue. Anything you bounces off me and sticks onto you”?

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.

Some kids choose not to shout it from the rooftops that they’re going to their dream school the day after their friends got the opposite news.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.

Some kids choose not to shout it from the rooftops that they’re going to their dream school the day after their friends got the opposite news.

The way it works now which I’m sure you know is that you tell your closest friends and then they post on instagram - yay, I’m so happy my friend just got into Harvard. Congrats to Kayla! She killed it! And then the news spreads like wildfire

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.

Speak for yourself. Plenty of people don’t broadcast that information. They aren’t braggarts, and the information will eventually be known.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned.

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure. My kid at a different private and college office would never release. Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected. I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them. Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many. These schools are all about the community. Also, the kids know who the top students are. I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you.

isn't this class in the low 70s? Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids?

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about?

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group.

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.

Some kids choose not to shout it from the rooftops that they’re going to their dream school the day after their friends got the opposite news.

The way it works now which I’m sure you know is that you tell your closest friends and then they post on instagram - yay, I’m so happy my friend just got into Harvard. Congrats to Kayla! She killed it! And then the news spreads like wildfire

My kid rolls their eyes at Instagram, so.