ED - Carnage at the Big 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just wanted to note that that this is an outstanding thread title.

I would've thought so too, except these days that descriptor is often applied to schools for terrifying reasons and probably not good to joke about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

It’s faddish on the part of admission directors. They want urban. They want “Dreamers.” They even want Illegals.

None of these students are undocumented. They are of course urban, in the sense that they live and attend a school in DC, as do many students who attend "Big 3s."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

Correction, one of the Yale admits was legacy. The only legacy of the bunch listed above.

And none of them are URM?

Of course some are. Right, OP of this sub-thread?

Most are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just wanted to note that that this is an outstanding thread title.

I would've thought so too, except these days that descriptor is often applied to schools for terrifying reasons and probably not good to joke about.

I get your point, but the fact that it starts with “ED” and ends with “Big 3” makes it clear that there is no actual carnage involved. And it rhymes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

Not the ones I know - high 1500s, weighted 4.89+, dozens of APs. Good luck thinking they bumped your child for unfair reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

Correction, one of the Yale admits was legacy. The only legacy of the bunch listed above.

And none of them are URM?

Are you URM if only one parent is URM?

Of course some are. Right, OP of this sub-thread?

Most are not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

Not the ones I know - high 1500s, weighted 4.89+, dozens of APs. Good luck thinking they bumped your child for unfair reasons.

They can’t believe someone who isn’t white might be qualified.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

Correction, one of the Yale admits was legacy. The only legacy of the bunch listed above.

And none of them are URM?

Are you URM if only one parent is URM?

Of course some are. Right, OP of this sub-thread?

Most are not.

Sorry - badly done quote - can you be URM if only one parent is URM? Does it count if you are well-off financially? Only certain Asians count?

Bunch of sour grapes, Big 3 boosters.

[Anonymous]

Just stop. Private school kids are not the only ones qualified to get into elite colleges and universities.

As everyone on this board should know, highly selective colleges have a TON of highly qualified students to choose from, and they choose the ones to construct the class they want to have. Most of this is out of everyone's control, which is what makes some people lose their damn minds and make rude and ignorant and yes, racist remarks about students they don't even know.

[Anonymous]

Mumsy will be hitting the sauce hard after junior enrolls in state u.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor entitled children, what ever are they going to do now than mommy and daddy can't put that prestigious sticker on their Range Rover?

Do you like to be mean about children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mumsy will be hitting the sauce hard after junior enrolls in state u.

Do you like to stereotype inaccurately?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mumsy will be hitting the sauce hard after junior enrolls in state u.

LOL! State!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

Does it make you feel good to misstate facts to minimize the accomplishments of others?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not true at STA. Already 14 boys in ivies (HPY Dartmouth and Columbia) plus another batch at top schools. And still waiting for UChicago

Lacrosse bros

Do you enjoy minimizing the accomplishments of others?