Holton is an excellent school but has never, in any discussion here or IRL been considered a Big 3. Really, never. I will say several parents friends of mine with girls at Holton bemoan the low number of Holton girls who get in to the Ivies - and dine if those have daughters at the Ivies. A bit confusing for sure. |
There are a lot of things I'm willing to do to help my DC's chances of gaining admission at a T20, but moving to Northern Virginia is not one of them. |
Do you actually have discussions irl about which schools are “big”? Really? That’s odd. |
well, i would expect that TJ would send more kids to T20 schools than the schools on the list send to the 8 Ivy League schools. It's 2.5x as many schools. |
Actually STA and NCS both sent a high percentage to Ivies last year. NCS sent 4 to Columbia alone. STA sent several to Yale. Not to mention 11 to Univ of Chicago which is ranked higher than several ivies. |
To do that, one would have to live in Virginia. No thanks. |
The community and culture is not appealing. We like a private school and the facilities that go along with it. They are two different worlds and private prepares kids socially and professionally in ways that publics do not. |
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Virginia isn’t so bad. |
NCS and STA leading the Ivies in this area not to mention that they both send multiple kids to Univ of Chicago as well and other top 20 schools. |
You keep repeating the same line. No one cares about the U of Chicago but you. |
Well actually it is ranked #6 in the country so someone cares about it. |
ranked higher than some ivies so worth noting when one school sends 11 kids there in one year |
They’re the Northeastern of the top 10, transparent as glass. |
I don't want my kids to go to any of those colleges. Not even sure what UIUC is, but am sure my kids won't be applying. |