College placements

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Brearley's early decision so far this year (a few are likely missing as this is about a month old now):

Harvard 5, Yale 3, Princeton 2, Penn 2, Brown 2, Cornell 2, Columbia 1, Chicago 3, Duke 1, Williams 1, Swarthmore 1, Oberlin 1, NYU 1, Wesleyan 1

Very impressive! The idea that they are slipping is insane. It’s weird how many people on this forum have this bizarre agenda to smear the school’s reputation. Spence, Chapin, and yes, Brearley are all great schools. As are the many others in the city. None are perfect and year to year you’ll have kids with different interests and priorities which will result in variation in college placements but by and large these stats are super strong for a school the size of Brearley

LOL, I don’t know if there are “many people” here…it’s probably the same poster from the other thread…same style, grammar etc. She seems to be really upset about the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brearley's early decision so far this year (a few are likely missing as this is about a month old now):

Harvard 5, Yale 3, Princeton 2, Penn 2, Brown 2, Cornell 2, Columbia 1, Chicago 3, Duke 1, Williams 1, Swarthmore 1, Oberlin 1, NYU 1, Wesleyan 1

Very impressive! The idea that they are slipping is insane. It’s weird how many people on this forum have this bizarre agenda to smear the school’s reputation. Spence, Chapin, and yes, Brearley are all great schools. As are the many others in the city. None are perfect and year to year you’ll have kids with different interests and priorities which will result in variation in college placements but by and large these stats are super strong for a school the size of Brearley

LOL, I don’t know if there are “many people” here…it’s probably the same poster from the other thread…same style, grammar etc. She seems to be really upset about the school.

Definitely the same poster. Relentless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all these schools seem to send to Ivy Leagues but once in few years to MIT but public specialized schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech send 5-6 each year to MIT and Stanford.

I don't think this is true. I saw Regis has two into MIT already.

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Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

HM has an account - it just doesn’t have any references to the school. 11/62 posted so far are going to Chicago. I think that’s great, but I’m not Ivy or bust.

Chicago is a great school but not sure if I would want to be going to college with that many HS classmates - it is not that big of a place. It is a bit odd how many kids they are sending there. Obviously, it's not like they are sending all these kids to an awful school, but just odd. Obviously if this was Harvard or Yale I would feel slightly differently.

What is the account?

https://www.instagram.com/maroonlions26/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:all these schools seem to send to Ivy Leagues but once in few years to MIT but public specialized schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech send 5-6 each year to MIT and Stanford.

I don't think this is true. I saw Regis has two into MIT already.

It’s true they send kids to MIT but not every year whereas public schools like study and bronx science send consistently multiple kids. That I find impressive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see other schools posting on instagram this year except Brearley.

Neither has Dalton. Both schools post in the spring if you look at last year’s accounts.

HM doesn’t even allow these accounts. HM’s college placements have gone down the drain - I remember they used to do crazy well and their placements at ivies basically tanked which caused an uproar.

A few years ago they sent a ridiculous number of kids to Chicago. Which is a very good school. But it just seemed odd. If you thought you were getting Ivy and you got Chicago you probably aren't thrilled. If it is second tier kids getting Chicago then it is much more OK.

HM has an account - it just doesn’t have any references to the school. 11/62 posted so far are going to Chicago. I think that’s great, but I’m not Ivy or bust.

Chicago is a great school but not sure if I would want to be going to college with that many HS classmates - it is not that big of a place. It is a bit odd how many kids they are sending there. Obviously, it's not like they are sending all these kids to an awful school, but just odd. Obviously if this was Harvard or Yale I would feel slightly differently.

What is the account?

https://www.instagram.com/maroonlions26/

^^^and FWIW, it's student run and not complete. I know it's missing a Princeton, a Yale, and another Williams admit at the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:all these schools seem to send to Ivy Leagues but once in few years to MIT but public specialized schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech send 5-6 each year to MIT and Stanford.

I don't think this is true. I saw Regis has two into MIT already.

It’s true they send kids to MIT but not every year whereas public schools like study and bronx science send consistently multiple kids. That I find impressive

Isn't Bronx Sci about 6x bigger than Regis? Unless they're getting much more than 6x as many kids in, I don't know if it's too impressive.

I don't think Stuy or Bronx Sci are any less impressive than Regis, but I also don't think they're more impressive.

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Bronx Science's 5-year average for MIT is 12.6 kids, so actually almost exactly 6x. (https://bxscience.edu/pdf/BXS-College_Profile_FINAL_FALL_2024_2025.pdf)

That being said, I don't really know if it makes sense to compare the specialized high schools or Regis to schools that cost $70k/year, because even if 15-20% of those schools's kids are receiving financial aid, that's still a LOT of kids who can afford to pay full freight, whereas a big percentage of the graduating class at a free/public school is going to be looking to go to Binghamton or Stony Brook with in-state tuition and scholarships.

[Anonymous]

but we weren't doing that.

we were comparing Regis to SHSs.

[Anonymous]

The original comparison was between TT private schools and SHSAT schools, and Regis was actually brought up as an example of the former despite being free.

[Anonymous]

Not OP and not the parent from other thread. I also heard about many girls leaving last year from Brearley parent.

[Anonymous]

That being said all of these schools go through stages of ups and downs. It used to be Chapin, Brearley and now Spence is in prime era

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP and not the parent from other thread. I also heard about many girls leaving last year from Brearley parent.

I mean is it a bunch of people leaving after 8th grade? Trinity, Riverdale, boarding school, etc. have always been popular with girls from all girls schools who want something new and bigger for high school.

[Anonymous]

Brearley having another banger year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not OP and not the parent from other thread. I also heard about many girls leaving last year from Brearley parent.

I mean is it a bunch of people leaving after 8th grade? Trinity, Riverdale, boarding school, etc. have always been popular with girls from all girls schools who want something new and bigger for high school.

Exactly this. I know there are more kids leaving Chapin after 8th grade for coed and boarding schools then Brearley in years past. But I think its a very common thing across many of the all girls schools.