Acceptance rates at private schools

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the point of the lady saying McDonogh takes a wider range of students in academic ability . That’s just an admission that Gilman/Bryn Mawr have higher academic standards for the whole of their class. Isn’t that what op was asking about?

Admissions teams can look for excellence beyond academics in areas like athletics and the arts. The goal for admissions teams isn't always to maximize test scores. College admissions is about a lot more than test scores. As a parent you can decide what matters to you.

Emphasis on the athetes at McDonogh, who get significant discounts to attend.

It is widely considered the best high school for athletes in Maryland.

I don’t disagree, but it results in a weird campus dichotomy between the normal kids and the large number of athletic recruits. If you want your kid to have a chance to participate in varsity athletics, don’t send them to McDonogh unless they are a recruit. But if your kid is an athletic recruit, they will do great in college admissions, far better than their classmates, if they can maintain that status for college.

That is not really true. Their athletes compete at a high level but the overwhelming majority of the student athletes are not recruits. For example, their middle school athletics program is quite strong and prepares students for their varsity athletics.

In case you haven't kept up with college admissions, using sports during college admissions is normal. Like their peer schools, McDonogh has great outcomes for both athletes and non athletes. At all schools, there can be some dichotomy between the football students, for example, and non-athletes but that is just life. It is possible to be great at sports and also do other things well.

Firstly, McDonogh starts bringing in athletic recruits in middle school, so it even affects kids at that level. Secondly, they don’t just recruit for football — it’s across the board, lacrosse, swimming, squash, soccer, etc. .

I’d encourage interested parents to look at the McDonogh Senior insta page to see just how many kids are college athlete recruits, and how their placements compare to their non athlete peers —MCDclassof2025, etc . .

It is really no different from GIlman or Bryn Mawr. Your fixation on McDonogh is curious to say the least.

Neither of those schools currently gives tuition discounts to athletic recruits, so no. Perhaps similar to Loyola or Boys Latin, but even those schools recruit on a much more limited basis.

Here’s a very timely example. McDonogh graduated an athletic recruit from a ciritical skill position in soccer last year. Did they promote from within this year? No, their coach recruited a senior from another state. It’s IMG lite.

You clearly have an axe to grind against McDonogh.

None of these schools, including McDonogh, gives "discounts" to athletic recruits. However each school does have an admissions office and a financial aid office with websites you can look into.

To the poster with a chip on their shoulder, I wish you well.

I guess the truth hurts. McDonogh directs the majority of its merit scholarships to athletes. This is well known fact in the Baltimore private school community, although for some reason, they don’t disclose this on their website. Perhaps because giving athletic scholarships is technically against conference rules.

They do not have a merit based aid program. It does not exist. This really is exhausting.

Perhaps they no longer call it merit ( they have in the past) but McDonogh offers substantially more “aid” to athletically gifted children to attend the schools than any other school in the conference to the point of seeking kids out in nearby states who play a position of need, even for be year rentals.

One year rentals

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Nothing is funnier than the McDonogh admin person trying to argue they don’t heavily recruit. What a joke.

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Recruited out of state athletes spending only their senior year at Mcdonogh isn’t limited to soccer, also examples in lacrosse in recent years.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d only send my kid to a McDonogh as an athletic recruit, the athletes account for nearly all the admissions to top colleges.

This is not even remotely true. Why does McDonogh frost your pumpkins?

Deep-seated insecurity.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d only send my kid to a McDonogh as an athletic recruit, the athletes account for nearly all the admissions to top colleges.

This is not even remotely true. Why does McDonogh frost your pumpkins?

Deep-seated insecurity.

Aren’t you lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have ideas of what the acceptance rates are for the private schools? I imagine it varies and also by year, with 9th being the most difficult. Just want a sense of how competitive it can be at certain schools.

I really wanted this data as I was applying for my kid last year, and it really wasn’t available. We decided we would apply to the schools that we would be happy to attend, largely based on geography (we are walkable to RP schools) and hope for the best. It’s annoying to not have any info on the chances etc, but at the end of the day what I really wanted was someone to say they would definitely take my son and he would do well there. And of course, no one says that til February.

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If people want to know who’s gaslighting and who isn’t, simply talk to parents with upper school kids. Everything being denied is widely known to be true.

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New Poster here - this has turned into a wacky McDonogh thread. McD booster parent is denying demonstrable facts about the school's athletic recruitment and calling people jealous when they bring up this information

Based on the very large number of private schools here - particularly in comparison to the relatively small number of full-paying families - there is a a school that is a great fit for just about every kid. That's one of the nice things about the private school market here! And it seems like McDonogh is the right fit for the McD booster's kid(s), which is great. But it is not "the school of choice" in the Baltimore area.

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Stop clowning. Do you work out of a troll farm or are you really this deranged?

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OP - may I suggest you simply ask the schools. We were told at one of them it was 2/3rd acceptance for 6th and 1/2 for 9th grade. Just call or attend an open house of your child's shortlist schools. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that McDonogh is so much more competitive. It's not one that we're interested in and I would not have assumed it was anywhere near as desirable as Bryn Mawr or Gilman. My perspective is probably just skewed by living much closer to those schools.

You seem out of touch. I asked my son if he wanted to go to a boys-only school and he just laughed and said no.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that McDonogh is so much more competitive. It's not one that we're interested in and I would not have assumed it was anywhere near as desirable as Bryn Mawr or Gilman. My perspective is probably just skewed by living much closer to those schools.

You seem out of touch. I asked my son if he wanted to go to a boys-only school and he just laughed and said no.

And we should care about your son’s preferences why exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:New Poster here - this has turned into a wacky McDonogh thread. McD booster parent is denying demonstrable facts about the school's athletic recruitment and calling people jealous when they bring up this information

Based on the very large number of private schools here - particularly in comparison to the relatively small number of full-paying families - there is a a school that is a great fit for just about every kid. That's one of the nice things about the private school market here! And it seems like McDonogh is the right fit for the McD booster's kid(s), which is great. But it is not "the school of choice" in the Baltimore area.

Agree, lots of options here, can match with your kid’s personality.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop clowning. Do you work out of a troll farm or are you really this deranged?

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A lot of alums children go to McDonough. They also have boarding whereas the other schools don't. It's not a better school academically versus BMS, Gilman or Park.

This is Baltimore. If you can pay full tuition, you can basically walk into any school unless you have severe Socio emotional needs or our complete moron. I did know of one child whose parents could make a large donation and pay full tuition that couldn't get in anywhere except boys Latin. I would say boys Latin is the least selective least academically rigorous school in the Baltimore area but has a beautiful campus.