is grade deflation really hurting college admissions this year?

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Anonymous wrote:The private kids still take the AP exams, just not the classes.

That is just dumb. More pressure on the kids to study independently for AP exams.
Private schools appear to have overplayed their hand. I’m glad my youngest kid is a senior and we are leaving this ridiculous system.
Parents are just lemmings who blindly follow along and repeat whatever nonsense their school feeds them

Look in the mirror lady. You sent at least two kids through.

Just because I was part of the system doesn’t mean I am blind to the shortcomings or can’t criticize anything.
I would probably do it again because alternative options are not particularly attractive either.
But I don’t look down on public school families because I understand we are overpaying for what we get and many folks might reasonably make a different choice.

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Anonymous wrote:The private kids still take the AP exams, just not the classes.

That is just dumb. More pressure on the kids to study independently for AP exams.
Private schools appear to have overplayed their hand. I’m glad my youngest kid is a senior and we are leaving this ridiculous system.
Parents are just lemmings who blindly follow along and repeat whatever nonsense their school feeds them

Look in the mirror lady. You sent at least two kids through.

Just because I was part of the system doesn’t mean I am blind to the shortcomings or can’t criticize anything.
I would probably do it again because alternative options are not particularly attractive either.
But I don’t look down on public school families because I understand we are overpaying for what we get and many folks might reasonably make a different choice.

It’s more the point that you called parents lemmings when you’ve jumped off the cliff with them.

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Anonymous wrote:The private kids still take the AP exams, just not the classes.

Well, my kid didn’t get this memo. She found out too late that this was a thing that students did.

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Too late for what? All of the schools here that abandoned formal AP classes went on about how the students were still free to take the exams and that they anticipated they would do so.

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GDS used to have a pipeline to Harvard.
Judging from this year’s early results, it now appears they have a pipeline to Tufts.
Not too shabby but still a downgrade

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Anonymous wrote:GDS used to have a pipeline to Harvard.
Judging from this year’s early results, it now appears they have a pipeline to Tufts.
Not too shabby but still a downgrade

6 students got in ED to Tufts at GDS.
Assuming they are not top of the barrel students, that is pretty darn good.
If I was a GDS parent, I might well encourage my kid to apply ED to Tufts.
Well regarded school in a good location. Hard to beat combination

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe but judging from the strong college placement at DC’s private, the APs really don’t matter

The current senior class still had AP classes so it remains to be seen how future classes do.

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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.

Good for your kids I guess but that is very unusual. Most kids are on instagram.

NC girls will post on IG page but they don’t look like they start until regular decision time.

See last year’s page. They started posting in April.

https://instagram.com/cathedral2022?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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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.

Good for your kids I guess but that is very unusual. Most kids are on instagram.

NC girls will post on IG page but they don’t look like they start until regular decision time.

See last year’s page. They started posting in April.

https://instagram.com/cathedral2022?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

NCS stresses that girls shouldn’t announce their decisions publicly until everyone hears from RD schools. Obviously, the girls talk amongst 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.

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.

Good for your kids I guess but that is very unusual. Most kids are on instagram.

NC girls will post on IG page but they don’t look like they start until regular decision time.

See last year’s page. They started posting in April.

https://instagram.com/cathedral2022?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

NCS stresses that girls shouldn’t announce their decisions publicly until everyone hears from RD schools. Obviously, the girls talk amongst themselves.

This is stupid. NCS is micromanaging too much. Feelings get hurt no matter what. Everyone knows who got in where and who was rejected whether it is posted on instagram or not. We all went through this and survived just fine. I still remember the crushing disappointment when I was rejected from my dream school but 3 other girls from my school got in. It was tough but I got over it. There is no way to avoid the hurt. Better to rip the band aid off quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe but judging from the strong college placement at DC’s private, the APs really don’t matter

The current senior class still had AP classes so it remains to be seen how future classes do.

Not at.DC's private - no APs and it is strong year for placement

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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.

All kids are on the gram.

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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.

Clearly you are wrong!! I know for sure of several NCS girls that have been accepted both ED and EA to top 15 schools. Several. No they are not posting about it and neither are their friends.

I don’t believe this. Maybe 1 or 2 don’t post but it would be weird to hide it. No way is this true.

This is true and who can blame them. With all the focus on ED results perhaps they don’t want to be discussed all over school or these message boards. It all comes out in the end

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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.

Clearly you are wrong!! I know for sure of several NCS girls that have been accepted both ED and EA to top 15 schools. Several. No they are not posting about it and neither are their friends.

I don’t believe this. Maybe 1 or 2 don’t post but it would be weird to hide it. No way is this true.

This is true and who can blame them. With all the focus on ED results perhaps they don’t want to be discussed all over school or these message boards. It all comes out in the end

Some parents are so weirdly obsessed on this forum. It’s none of your business - you are very nosy. Yes there are several girls who have gotten into top 20 schools. Sorry if you don’t know about it but I can see why because they don’t want you posted their private details on here. Last year was so obnoxious. Someone was posting every single detail of every student admitted.

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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.

Clearly you are wrong!! I know for sure of several NCS girls that have been accepted both ED and EA to top 15 schools. Several. No they are not posting about it and neither are their friends.

I don’t believe this. Maybe 1 or 2 don’t post but it would be weird to hide it. No way is this true.

This is true and who can blame them. With all the focus on ED results perhaps they don’t want to be discussed all over school or these message boards. It all comes out in the end

Some parents are so weirdly obsessed on this forum. It’s none of your business - you are very nosy. Yes there are several girls who have gotten into top 20 schools. Sorry if you don’t know about it but I can see why because they don’t want you posted their private details on here. Last year was so obnoxious. Someone was posting every single detail of every student admitted.

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