Bethesda Magazine 2024 College Acceptances Out
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Anonymous
He has kids from his 3rd (4th?) wife who are just finishing college. So he's been a high school parent more recently than Caroline Kennedy. https://people.com/human-interest/all-about-the-murdoch-family/ |
There's plenty of qualified kids applying to elite colleges. But if a private school has Rupert Murdoch and Caroline Kennedy as typical parents of students, you're naive to be comparing them to the average MoCo student.
Anonymous
Odd that Berkeley's acceptance rate (4.0 and 7.2%) is significantly lower than UCLA's acceptance rate (7.1 and 11.3%). |
Anonymous
Exactly. Imagine the backlash.lol |
Anonymous
Any similar data for FCPS. |
Anonymous
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On the more than 50% with weighted 4.0 or higher: it's a reflection of the absurd grade inflation in MCPS, but it's also not the relevant stat for those applying to T25, probably even T50 or beyond, schools. MCPS has neither plusses nor minuses. AND it gives a 1 point bump for a massive number of classes -- anything labeled Honors, Advanced, AP or IB all get the same exact, 1-point bump. So a weighted 4.0 can easily mean that the kid is largely a B student -- and one who took mostly Honors level classes and very few APs.
Since it's such a big district, every admissions office at the schools that regularly draw from MCPS knows this, and they are evaluating transcripts in that light. The weighted GPA is, for competitive schools, just not that relevant -- what matters is the UW GPA plus the level of rigor of classes the kids take. And the value of a weighted 4.0 (or a W GPA in the low 4s) would be obvious to any MCPS kid who looks at scattergrams -- you need a way higher W GPA to even begin to be competitive for T50 schools. And of course MCPS makes it impossible to know what % of the graduating class has an UW 4.0 or close to it. |
Anonymous
| Adding to the posts commenting on accuracy here. For our school, I see a lot of universities where the accepted and enrolled numbers are way off. Use it directionally if you want but definitely not accurate. |
Anonymous
Thanks for writing this out. I think this stat was a confusing piece of the article. In our HS it is pretty rare to have the most challenging coursework and an UW 4.0, but that is anecdata. |
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My HS way way way back in the 1970s was rated the Number one HS Public or Private with Ivy League Acceptances and T20 Acceptance.
Back then we did GPA on 1-100. And everything counted. Homework, attendance even electives like Shop Class, Cooking, and APs carried no additional weight. Impossible to get a perfect grade. Well unless you are perfect at everything including woodworking, drivers Ed, Cooking, Art, Gym. They scored everything. |
Anonymous
| I know with certainty that at least one entry for WJ is wrong and I know my kid submitted all the paperwork. |
Anonymous
Berkeley has significantly tougher programs when it comes to EECS and the business/engineering program. |
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For T25 schools
Cornell, Georgetown, Emory, Hopkins, and Brown had the highest enrollment with 20+. Students. |
Anonymous
Not remotely odd |
Anonymous
yeah, for all the shit Cornell gets on this forum, its amazing how many MoCo kids attend. |
Anonymous
You can't go to the schools you don't get into. |
Anonymous
No way. Nearly every thread includes a plug for IU. It's become the new Wisconsin. |