ED - Carnage at the Big 3

[Anonymous]

What is URM??

[Anonymous]

What is Big 3?

[Anonymous]

Aw, poor generic privileged white kids.

[Anonymous]

URM = Unser represented minority
Big 3 - refers to 3 supposed best DC private schools. Usually defined as St Albany’s, GDS, Natl Cathedral School and Sidwell (yes that is 4 bc no one agrees on which are the 3)

[Anonymous]

What is carnage?

[Anonymous]

STA has had a stellar year so far. Really impressive.

[Anonymous]

Over 20% of STA class into Ivies already. Doesn't seem like such a carnage to me. This isn't counting those boys into Amherst, Northwestern and sure to be numerous into Chicago tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

None of the STA boys was a lacrosse recruit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

Not the ones I know - high 1500s, weighted 4.89+, dozens of APs. Good luck thinking they bumped your child for unfair reasons.

Right? My son’s friend (QuestBridge AND an URM) got into any Ivy from a NoVa public with a 1570 SAT and top grades with a rigorous schedule. And he has an after school job and is a really nice kid. He deserves every good thing he gets. My kid has known him since 7th grade and says he has worked his tail off.

[Anonymous]

What is "is"?
-William Jefferson Clinton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Questbrige and URM are basically a quota set aside for underachieving applicants.

Not the ones I know - high 1500s, weighted 4.89+, dozens of APs. Good luck thinking they bumped your child for unfair reasons.

Right? My son’s friend (QuestBridge AND an URM) got into any Ivy from a NoVa public with a 1570 SAT and top grades with a rigorous schedule. And he has an after school job and is a really nice kid. He deserves every good thing he gets. My kid has known him since 7th grade and says he has worked his tail off.

Meh, great anecdote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true at STA. Already 14 boys in ivies (HPY Dartmouth and Columbia) plus another batch at top schools. And still waiting for UChicago

Lacrosse bros

Do you enjoy minimizing the accomplishments of others?

Watch out, folks. The Self-Righteous Police are out with their Handcuffs of Shame...

[Anonymous]

I think folks are hopeful that the deferrals will magically turn into acceptances in the spring. It is highly unlikely given the very high numbers of early applicants deferred and the likely numbers of regular decision. Everyone has high stats and great ECs because we all think we have cracked the code on college admissions. There just aren’t enough spots. What was once unusually impressive is the norm now. We’ve given our kids every opportunity and they’ve pushed harder and harder, but there may never be a golden ticket at the end of this difficult journey. I am hugging my kids and making it clear that I was wrong to have such high expectations for college admissions. Their school is not doing enough to stay relevant in the college admissions world and when the word gets out, there are going to be a lot of disappointed families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think folks are hopeful that the deferrals will magically turn into acceptances in the spring. It is highly unlikely given the very high numbers of early applicants deferred and the likely numbers of regular decision. Everyone has high stats and great ECs because we all think we have cracked the code on college admissions. There just aren’t enough spots. What was once unusually impressive is the norm now. We’ve given our kids every opportunity and they’ve pushed harder and harder, but there may never be a golden ticket at the end of this difficult journey. I am hugging my kids and making it clear that I was wrong to have such high expectations for college admissions. Their school is not doing enough to stay relevant in the college admissions world and when the word gets out, there are going to be a lot of disappointed families.

. +1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aw, poor generic privileged white kids.

There isn’t anything generic about these children. You, on the other hand, are as basic as could be.