College admission: Public vs. private
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Anonymous
Did you learn to post hysterical rants on private school boards at "Harvard"? |
Anonymous
Drinking & DCUMing!  For all the gaming that so many Big 3 families do thinking they are getting their kids into Harvard... most go on to Tulane or Wash U or (gasp) Michigan too!
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Anonymous
How do you know what big 3 families are thinking? |
Anonymous
Lol. Graduate from Harvard in late 80s. Knew tons of kids from STA, NCS, GDS and Sidwell. Never heard of Walt Whitman until I moved to the area. What house? |
Anonymous
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Duke is harder to get into than many Ivy League Schools, for example Penn, Cornell, Columbia. Is Stanford also a second tier School according to the OP?
The fact of the matter is, any top 20 school is going to be incredibly hard to get into - it matters very little where the applicant is going to high school. They must be truly unique and outstanding in today's college admissions market. |
Anonymous
Having spoken with multiple admissions directors at Ivies and 'second-tier' schools, the above advice is spot-on. The most informative post on DCUM in a long time. javascript:void(0); |
Anonymous
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I believe there was press recently about how Stanford has surpassed every other US university as the #1 choice and the most prestigious place to attend, most difficult to get into etc etc etc.
When I was in public school in the late 80s, several of my friends were admitted to Stanford and Duke, Brown etc. I really don't think a private education gives you an edge in this country. |