Best traction at the Ivies?

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Anonymous wrote:In any given year, my guess is that Big 3 schools are sending at least 50 graduates to Ivy League schools.

This is just outright false. It's much less than that—that may have been the case 30 years ago, but not now.

NCS has 12 going to Ivies. The number 50 is completely feasible across multiple schools.

STA is 15 plus at least 10 to Chicago out of 70ish

Chicago is a good school.
But it is not Ivy.

Cornell is an “Ivy”, but Chicago is obviously more prestigious. Not sure why folks are stuck on participation in an athletic conference.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

There is no STA 22 Instagram so I don’t know what you are looking at. Bottom line, these kids did incredibly well this year from all DC privates.

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Anonymous wrote:In any given year, my guess is that Big 3 schools are sending at least 50 graduates to Ivy League schools.

This is just outright false. It's much less than that—that may have been the case 30 years ago, but not now.

NCS has 12 going to Ivies. The number 50 is completely feasible across multiple schools.

STA is 15 plus at least 10 to Chicago out of 70ish

Chicago is a good school.
But it is not Ivy.

Cornell is an “Ivy”, but Chicago is obviously more prestigious. Not sure why folks are stuck on participation in an athletic conference.

no. Ivy is Ivy. Many lists Cornell out ranks. Anyway different kind of kids--go to college board you will see.

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Anonymous wrote:In any given year, my guess is that Big 3 schools are sending at least 50 graduates to Ivy League schools.

The worst math.

Given some think the Big 3 is 4 schools, that’s about right

Um, didn’t previous posts confirm on Instagram that the cathedral schools, GDS, and Sidwell sent 50 kids to Ivies?

Potomac has about 10-15 percent of the class every year with probably half being hooked (recruited athlete, URM, or Legacy).

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

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It is six of one, half dozen of the other. These schools are all pretty comparable.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

While the academics historically have been comparable among the top privates, I do feel they GDS has pulled away. No other Big 3 comes close to GDS in its focus on social justice.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

Ivies have been so crazy woke and GDS is the same. A bit too out there.

And I say that as a liberal.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I took it down for the party the other night I would hope not

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

GDS seems to have become the “it” school. It is not difficult to envision in a few years that President Kamala Harris might be cheering on her grandchildren and VP Pete Buttigieg applauding for his kids from the GDS soccer field sidelines or while watching a GDS performance. That would be amazing!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I took it down for the party the other night I would hope not

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

GDS seems to have become the “it” school. It is not difficult to envision in a few years that President Kamala Harris might be cheering on her grandchildren and VP Pete Buttigieg applauding for his kids from the GDS soccer field sidelines or while watching a GDS performance. That would be amazing!

With a far left shift in modern politics and the overall environment, schools that have historically touted equality like GDS perform greatly while traditionally conservative, religious schools like STA suffer the most. Not to mention that in this day and age with colleges, female URMs are the greatest hook one can have, while being a white affluent male hinders you the most.
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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I took it down for the party the other night I would hope not

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

GDS seems to have become the “it” school. It is not difficult to envision in a few years that President Kamala Harris might be cheering on her grandchildren and VP Pete Buttigieg applauding for his kids from the GDS soccer field sidelines or while watching a GDS performance. That would be amazing!

With a far left shift in modern politics and the overall environment, schools that have historically touted equality like GDS perform greatly while traditionally conservative, religious schools like STA suffer the most. Not to mention that in this day and age with colleges, female URMs are the greatest hook one can have, while being a white affluent male hinders you the most.
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You might postulate this but it didn't happen this year at all. STA is sending 20%+ of the class to the Ivies and most are not hooked. Plus an additional dozen boys to Chicago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I took it down for the party the other night I would hope not

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

GDS seems to have become the “it” school. It is not difficult to envision in a few years that President Kamala Harris might be cheering on her grandchildren and VP Pete Buttigieg applauding for his kids from the GDS soccer field sidelines or while watching a GDS performance. That would be amazing!

With a far left shift in modern politics and the overall environment, schools that have historically touted equality like GDS perform greatly while traditionally conservative, religious schools like STA suffer the most. Not to mention that in this day and age with colleges, female URMs are the greatest hook one can have, while being a white affluent male hinders you the most.
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Here’s a college admission strategy: white make applicants should write that they self identify as URM females and are transitioning. Then say they’ve reconsidered as admitted freshmen. LOL

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Anonymous wrote:OP, from looking at the posted IG accounts this year I would say Sidwell had the best placement

However, I imagine that changes from year to year based on how strong the class is

It could also be that STA/NCS college admits are split whereas with Sidwell its easier to see it all in one place

Disagree--GDS is now the strongest in the area. My kids went to another top private and are all at ivy but looking at things closely, I would say GDS has eclipsed Sidwell. All three (GDS, Sidwell, NCS/STA) do very well but as people have said on this board numerous times--it is legacies, recruited athletes, and URMS (who's parents are ex-administration, and legacy, and full pay--partners at law firms, etc.).

Ivy admissions deans all know GDS for its stellar teaching, incredible applicants, and decades-long commitment to social justice. GDS was woke before it became a thing.

I took it down for the party the other night I would hope not

I'm not sure exactly where things stand on the college matriculation end, but on the middle and high school admissions end, GDS is absolutely, positively the toughest admit. It's nuts.

GDS seems to have become the “it” school. It is not difficult to envision in a few years that President Kamala Harris might be cheering on her grandchildren and VP Pete Buttigieg applauding for his kids from the GDS soccer field sidelines or while watching a GDS performance. That would be amazing!

With a far left shift in modern politics and the overall environment, schools that have historically touted equality like GDS perform greatly while traditionally conservative, religious schools like STA suffer the most. Not to mention that in this day and age with colleges, female URMs are the greatest hook one can have, while being a white affluent male hinders you the most.
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You might postulate this but it didn't happen this year at all. STA is sending 20%+ of the class to the Ivies and most are not hooked. Plus an additional dozen boys to Chicago.

+1, out of 80 kids usually around the top 20 kids go to ivys and the next 15 go to chicago. Absurd numbers. There’s certainly a threshold that STA students clear in which if you meet the minimum criteria you are admitted to uchicago.