Did your DMV private do better than Westminster Atlanta?

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

It takes more than wealth to get into Emory. If half of those UGA and Gatech students actually got into Emory, they would attend. Emory has a harder time yielding students at its level from schools with bigger brands. They're SAT avg is a 1550 this year, that's high enough to get into any Ivy/Vandy etc.

Wealth alone doesn’t help for UGA or GA Tech admissions either. Especially for in-state. Many of the in-staters who get into those two schools also have the stats to qualify for the Zell Miller scholarship

Zell Miller isn't hard to achieve. You need a 3.7 and a 1200 sat.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

It takes more than wealth to get into Emory. If half of those UGA and Gatech students actually got into Emory, they would attend. Emory has a harder time yielding students at its level from schools with bigger brands. They're SAT avg is a 1550 this year, that's high enough to get into any Ivy/Vandy etc.

Stop with the stupid average sat if they have test optional.

Over 80% submit test scores this year. Said at the accepted students day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory has no sports big turn off for wealthy athletic families

None of those schools have big sports except UGA, Vandy, Duke, Stanford...maybe Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:Westminster is in the top ten school endowments in the country.

Westminster had the LARGEST non-boarding school endowment in the country!

Comparing a DC private to Westminster is unfair. There is also a lot more family money in Atlanta than DC.

Perfectly fair, and there's even more money in Atlanta than DC today, thanks to your president.

Who needs democracy when you can have $10 more bucks in your pocket? Rich pr*cks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

It takes more than wealth to get into Emory. If half of those UGA and Gatech students actually got into Emory, they would attend. Emory has a harder time yielding students at its level from schools with bigger brands. They're SAT avg is a 1550 this year, that's high enough to get into any Ivy/Vandy etc.

Stop with the stupid average sat if they have test optional.

Over 80% submit test scores this year. Said at the accepted students day.

Only 20 percent away from being able to compare to the test required Ivies.

[Anonymous]

My Baltimore private does better every year, on a per capita basis, and it isn’t the only private in Baltimore with better results. Seems like the big 3 must as well

Too much Uga.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

It takes more than wealth to get into Emory. If half of those UGA and Gatech students actually got into Emory, they would attend. Emory has a harder time yielding students at its level from schools with bigger brands. They're SAT avg is a 1550 this year, that's high enough to get into any Ivy/Vandy etc.

Stop with the stupid average sat if they have test optional.

Over 80% submit test scores this year. Said at the accepted students day.

Only 20 percent away from being able to compare to the test required Ivies.

Emory can compete with Columbia, Penn, and Princeton then.

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Anonymous wrote:Westminster is in the top ten school endowments in the country.

Westminster had the LARGEST non-boarding school endowment in the country!

Comparing a DC private to Westminster is unfair. There is also a lot more family money in Atlanta than DC.

I don't think people realize how mediocre DC private schools are compared to private schools in other major cities.

Where kids choose to go to college has absolutely nothing to do with the caliber of the high school.

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The lack of top lacs and very few ivy results makes this a pretty underwhelming group of results

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of top lacs and very few ivy results makes this a pretty underwhelming group of results

Agree, op, why did you post this?

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

It takes more than wealth to get into Emory. If half of those UGA and Gatech students actually got into Emory, they would attend. Emory has a harder time yielding students at its level from schools with bigger brands. They're SAT avg is a 1550 this year, that's high enough to get into any Ivy/Vandy etc.

Stop with the stupid average sat if they have test optional.

Over 80% submit test scores this year. Said at the accepted students day.

Only 20 percent away from being able to compare to the test required Ivies.

Emory can compete with Columbia, Penn, and Princeton then.

Isn’t Princeton 8 percent to? But sure, I’ll give you Columbus.

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Anonymous wrote:Westminster is in the top ten school endowments in the country.

Westminster had the LARGEST non-boarding school endowment in the country!

Comparing a DC private to Westminster is unfair. There is also a lot more family money in Atlanta than DC.

I don't think people realize how mediocre DC private schools are compared to private schools in other major cities.

Where kids choose to go to college has absolutely nothing to do with the caliber of the high school.

Ummm.

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Anonymous wrote:Being from Georgia is a hook at many of these schools.

No, it’s not. There are many affluent suburbs of Atlanta. It’s fairly similar to being from the DMV.

It’s not. Westminster is an amazing school. I have lived in Atlanta and in DC. Atlanta folks do have a leg up with Ivy+ admissions. It’s not a smear, it’s a fact. Westminster students are deserving, for sure. But admissions are harder out of DC.

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Anonymous wrote:There are over 200 kids in the senior class at Westminster. On a per capita basis, these results are typical of top privates in other states, including the dc area.

Great point. Def not seeing whole picture here

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Westminster has great athletic programs. A lot of students are able to continue their sport on the college level. That, combined with great academics, makes many of their students competitive for top colleges.