boy, do T20 school love private high schools.

[Anonymous]

I’m in NY and one of my kids is at Stuy Stuy always does pretty well w college stuff (there’s always some grumbling that “my kid would be top of class at some other school” but ..the pool does well).

This year was exceptionally good.

I think this is the lie of TO in admissions and grade inflation at other high schools. Colleges don’t trust it - anymore. I think they did for a few years, but the worm has turned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in NY and one of my kids is at Stuy Stuy always does pretty well w college stuff (there’s always some grumbling that “my kid would be top of class at some other school” but ..the pool does well).

This year was exceptionally good.

I think this is the lie of TO in admissions and grade inflation at other high schools. Colleges don’t trust it - anymore. I think they did for a few years, but the worm has turned.

DC private unhooked kid, Ivy admit this year---as well as 3 other T10s and T20s.

I think the same thing. Tired of TO and grade inflation--were 'test aware', i.e, high scores mattered at T10s, and so did known rigor of the HS. T

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram.

It WAS viewed as the past few cycles. Now colleges are upset by the quality of TO, grade inflated HS kids and going back to old school.

1. Our public fcps HS does not grade inflate.

2. Your entire comment is just your made up guesses.

Re-takes? Multiple bites/tries to raise grade ? Lack of pop quizzes? Hard deadlines? We left a FCPS Hs and all of that was there. Private was much more rigorous.

Correcting the record. For college bound kids (so honors and AP courses)

Re-takes allowed but the max you can get if your get 100% on the retake is 80. This is to keep kids from failing. Not to get them A’s.

Pop quizzes are in some of my HS kid’s classes but not all. However pop quizzes are in NONE of my T5 kid’s classes. This whole year. So what does that say?

Hard deadlines. At my kid’s FCPS school, this is absolutely not true. They start docking assignments past the due date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you take the very top public HS students and compare them to private school students, I'm sure you'd seem very similar outcomes.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

This equates to about 5% of seniors heading to top 20 schools. Not at all impressive compared to private schools...despite them being the "top public HS students."

[Anonymous]

I am wondering how schools like Harvard and Dartmouth transitioning away from TO will affect private school admissions. Anyone have any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in NY and one of my kids is at Stuy Stuy always does pretty well w college stuff (there’s always some grumbling that “my kid would be top of class at some other school” but ..the pool does well).

This year was exceptionally good.

I think this is the lie of TO in admissions and grade inflation at other high schools. Colleges don’t trust it - anymore. I think they did for a few years, but the worm has turned.

DC private unhooked kid, Ivy admit this year---as well as 3 other T10s and T20s.

I think the same thing. Tired of TO and grade inflation--were 'test aware', i.e, high scores mattered at T10s, and so did known rigor of the HS. T

My kid did that unhooked last year—ivy and 3 other T10s,got more admits in the T20, but they were the only kid to do it in the three local top privates . Not a single unhooked from those 3 private school had that level of success in 2021 and 2022, more like one T10 for a few of the top kids only and rest WL. It used to be 2-3 unhooked a year would have success at multiple T10, up through 2019, with another handful getting in to one T10 (ED or Rd) without multiple T10 admits. It does appear as though this yr privates are edging back to pre-TO success for unhookeds.

[Anonymous]

^hooked kids were gobbled up by T10s in 2021&2022 &2023 though, more than in past years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering how schools like Harvard and Dartmouth transitioning away from TO will affect private school admissions. Anyone have any thoughts?

Brown is requiring scores next year too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in NY and one of my kids is at Stuy Stuy always does pretty well w college stuff (there’s always some grumbling that “my kid would be top of class at some other school” but ..the pool does well).

This year was exceptionally good.

I think this is the lie of TO in admissions and grade inflation at other high schools. Colleges don’t trust it - anymore. I think they did for a few years, but the worm has turned.

DC private unhooked kid, Ivy admit this year---as well as 3 other T10s and T20s.

I think the same thing. Tired of TO and grade inflation--were 'test aware', i.e, high scores mattered at T10s, and so did known rigor of the HS. T

My kid did that unhooked last year—ivy and 3 other T10s,got more admits in the T20, but they were the only kid to do it in the three local top privates . Not a single unhooked from those 3 private school had that level of success in 2021 and 2022, more like one T10 for a few of the top kids only and rest WL. It used to be 2-3 unhooked a year would have success at multiple T10, up through 2019, with another handful getting in to one T10 (ED or Rd) without multiple T10 admits. It does appear as though this yr privates are edging back to pre-TO success for unhookeds.

Pp you quoted^^ My kid isn’t at one of the top 3 privates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering how schools like Harvard and Dartmouth transitioning away from TO will affect private school admissions. Anyone have any thoughts?

Brown is requiring scores next year too.

Yale too

[Anonymous]

Depending on the student, coming from a private may make them more attractive to certain schools. I have known students who performed better in private because of a more motivated peer college which resulted in a better college outcome.

That said public schools have strong college outcomes especially Whitman, Churchill, Yorktown or Langley because they are essentially private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why private school kids do not have the same issue as public magnet schools, where the fierce competition from classmates is an issue?

Much smaller classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you take the very top public HS students and compare them to private school students, I'm sure you'd seem very similar outcomes.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

This equates to about 5% of seniors heading to top 20 schools. Not at all impressive compared to private schools...despite them being the "top public HS students."

+100000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why private school kids do not have the same issue as public magnet schools, where the fierce competition from classmates is an issue?

Much smaller classes

disagree. I think a class of 150 at private has a top half of 75 kids. There are not 75 kids at most publics putting in apps at T20s.

I think private schools do broker their kids to a greater extend. plus, ED and SCEA is a system that brokers kids for you - you move 6 to chicago, and 3 to Tulane, and 3 to MIT EA, and the double legacy kids get in SCEA at Yale, etc etc.

[Anonymous]

Of the kids who posted on Instagram, Langley did pretty well this year in terms of the T20. I am assuming the other publics in this area did well too.