ED - Carnage at the Big 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

As opposed to the broad generalization about all URM and Questbridge applicants that doesn't even have the benefit of an anecdote? Can see where your prejudices lie.

[Anonymous]

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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.

How are they not generic? What do they bring to the table that others don’t? Good SAT scores? A laundry list of extracurricular? Generic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How are they not generic? What do they bring to the table that others don’t? Good SAT scores? A laundry list of extracurricular? Generic.

Mostly the size of the pool, right?

Within their cohort, they are generic.

Compared to your kids, they are extraordinary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The game is up. The bill has come due. Unless you were URM, Questbridge, RA or Alumni you weren’t getting in. Exception were perfect test scores and GPA. Ugly ugly year. Think the scandal from last year changed the game. Normal balanced kids aren’t getting in - don’t kid yourself.
Was a horrible year at STA, Sidwell, NCS and GDS.

Doesn't this pretty much sum up who is getting into the most elite colleges, especially ED/SCEA, regardless of where they went to high school?

URM
Questbridge
Recruited Athlete
Legacy
1600s + 4.0 UW

"Normal balanced" kids are a dime a dozen. And the normal, balanced kids who attend a Big 3 aren't going to be at the top of their class, which makes it even more of a long shot.

Yes, this is why the majority of kids in elite colleges are URMs and Questbridge. No more room for 'normal, balanced kids' which is your way of saying white kids in Trump speak.

[Anonymous]

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

Not true for GDS, either. It feels like a normal year.

There is a regular anti-private school poster who posts something like this nearly every year. They still insist last year's STA class was 'horrible' despite nearly 50% going to top 25 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The game is up. The bill has come due. Unless you were URM, Questbridge, RA or Alumni you weren’t getting in. Exception were perfect test scores and GPA. Ugly ugly year. Think the scandal from last year changed the game. Normal balanced kids aren’t getting in - don’t kid yourself.
Was a horrible year at STA, Sidwell, NCS and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thought Big 3 parents dont care about college, but just the high school EXPERIENCE!

Exactly What's the big deal if these kids aren't getting into Ivy's? Wasn't their high school experience and their love of learning enough???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How are they not generic? What do they bring to the table that others don’t? Good SAT scores? A laundry list of extracurricular? Generic.

Mostly the size of the pool, right?

Within their cohort, they are generic.

Compared to your kids, they are extraordinary.

Big 3 parents, ladies and gentlemen!
- Big3 grad going public largely because the environment consists of people like this

[Anonymous]

My kid's slot was clearly taken by a legacy or URM. Both are equally is bad. What I can't figure out is should I vote for Elizabeth Warren because of the legacy issue or should I vote for Trump because of the immigrants and URMs that took my kid's slot. Tough one.

[Anonymous]

OK. But that is a generalization. you can find arrogant jerks everywhere and also decent people. Teach you kids to pay attention and choose their company wisely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's slot was clearly taken by a legacy or URM. Both are equally is bad. What I can't figure out is should I vote for Elizabeth Warren because of the legacy issue or should I vote for Trump because of the immigrants and URMs that took my kid's slot. Tough one.

Too bad your kid missed the chance to enroll in Trump U. That could have been the perfect fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So there is a little charter school in DC - called BASIS DC.

Its senior class has just under 50 students. 3 admitted to Yale, 1 to Dartmouth, 1 to MIT (class of 2020 is the 4th graduating class in the school's history). 1 Questbridge match, the rest are unhooked.

So maybe there is something to OP's lament. To a certain degree, these kinds of schools are only going to take so many from DC/MD/VA. And perhaps they are choosing more public school kids.

Genuinely happy for the BASIS DC students. It will be interesting to see if results are as good at BASIS McLean. I think this is their first full graduating class, and I wonder when Whittle will have their first graduates. The students have chosen a different and difficult path, and I hope that too colleges will give them a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The game is up. The bill has come due. Unless you were URM, Questbridge, RA or Alumni you weren’t getting in. Exception were perfect test scores and GPA. Ugly ugly year. Think the scandal from last year changed the game. Normal balanced kids aren’t getting in - don’t kid yourself.
Was a horrible year at STA, Sidwell, NCS and GDS.

Doesn't this pretty much sum up who is getting into the most elite colleges, especially ED/SCEA, regardless of where they went to high school?

URM
Questbridge
Recruited Athlete
Legacy
1600s + 4.0 UW

"Normal balanced" kids are a dime a dozen. And the normal, balanced kids who attend a Big 3 aren't going to be at the top of their class, which makes it even more of a long shot.

Yes, this is why the majority of kids in elite colleges are URMs and Questbridge. No more room for 'normal, balanced kids' which is your way of saying white kids in Trump speak.

Please tell me this is sarcasm. Because the number of first-gen and URMs at top 10 universities and colleges is small https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html

[Anonymous]

So if your smart, motivated, engaged child didn't getting into the elite schools of his or her choice, they will presumably go to another good but not quite as elite school, with all the other smart, motivated, engaged kids who didn't get into Harvard or wherever. They will be taught by all the professors who were top notch scholars but not quite good enough to get a position at those top 10 schools.

Am I getting this right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's slot was clearly taken by a legacy or URM. Both are equally is bad. What I can't figure out is should I vote for Elizabeth Warren because of the legacy issue or should I vote for Trump because of the immigrants and URMs that took my kid's slot. Tough one.

Too bad your kid missed the chance to enroll in Trump U. That could have been the perfect fit.