Bias against privates high school in admissions?
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Anonymous
My kid meets public school kids at their summer camps otherwise they don’t mingle. |
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We didn’t choose private HS to gain an admissions advantage, and knew it might even be a disadvantage in that department.
We did it for the smaller classes. The emphasis on writing and critical thinking. For less bureaucracy and more personal relationships with faculty. It doesn’t matter to me at all if this means DC ends up going to a 150 ranked college vs a Top 25. I’m confident that the work ethic and discipline DC has learned will make up for whatever admission’s disadvantage attending a rigorous private entails. |
Anonymous
o +1 |
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Anonymous
And you also avoid mingling with adults who send kids to public school? Indeed. |
Anonymous
Where do I find you? |
Anonymous
| OP, do you really think a ton of the kids getting in are 1st gen? They are being sought because they have mire hurdles and are underrepresented. Do you get what underrepresented means? There aren't that many of them. I wish people would stop focusing on the underrepresented few. Those kids are not "beating out" some private school kid for the same spot. That's not how it works. |
Anonymous
In fact, there are lots of URMs and FGLIs. |
Anonymous
Umm. Not the OP. But 48 with a senior… Private school. |
Anonymous
Huge open and vocal priority for certain schools. See Dartmouth. Except it YRM/FG/Rural and international that’s their focus |
Anonymous
This is not our circle. Many do public K-8 and just switch to private for HS. Some do private through MS and then switch to public. Our zoning is so a lot of kids together k-5 end up at different public MSs, some get reunited again when they filter back into same public HS. My kid has many friend groups. His closest are the kids he met in public K and spent childhood playing with—even now he’s in private and in group of 8 it’s a mix of 6 different HS. 3 different public and 3 different private. He also has many friends from his club sports team that don’t live nearby—different school systems entirely. I don’t see these hard lines anywhere but on this forum. And, yes, they made a lot of friends over the years on different travel teams and different camps and paths are always crossing. |
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| ^ this is an area of $2-4 million+ homes. So not poor kids |
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We didn't choose to send DS to private K-8 or private HS for better college matriculation. He's a sophomore, so time will tell on that. Our decision was for smaller class size and a more intimate environment for social relationships. It's been home run on those elements so far. He has a lot more confidence and been more engaged in his learning than either my husband or I (we went to large public schools from K-12).
So it really depends on what you are focused on. If it's college outcomes, than ask about the private schools matriculation data. We looked at ours, but were less interested in that. The learning, social and study skills you develop K-12 were a bigger factor for us than college matriculation results, although our HS is pretty competitive on that front too. |
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Not really. You just telegraphed that you have no experience with these schools. |
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Because there are not many of these students on campus. Have you ever been to Dartmouth? The number of private school kids is staggering. When we went for admitted students day, so many were swanky private kids. Very few URMs and almost no first gen. They realize this needs to be a priority, and good for them. My kid might have accepted if there were more diversity. So many Chets.... |