Public School Son Has Far Better College Prospects Than Private School Daughter

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Anonymous wrote:If you want a giant school, there are other options.

Name five.

There are 50 states, so take your pick of 5. "Other options" are not impossible to find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin is ranked #35 USNWR. Reset your expectations a little.

Ranking is silly. It's a great school. But do you really want to go to a giant public college in Wisconsin, Minnesota, or anywhere that cold? Some kids do, lots don't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How were their HS experiences? Hope they both look back fondly.

FWIW, I am really surprised the college counselor is telling you Wisconsin is a reach based on what we heard at STA (and no shade at Wisconsin, would be happy to have a kid matriculate there). We did not have a private counselor though. Maybe ask the NCS counselor what they think.

STA has better college results for similar kids. I don't know why this is. College admissions are easier for boys in general, STA has more pull, their grading is easier (no A minuses and the numerical grading scale), etc.

I can tell you that the minimum admit for Wisconsin from NCS in 2023 was a 3.85 (from the Scoir data). The year before it was about a 3.75.

I just posted I just switched one of my 3 kids to private. I would be damn pissed if I sent my kid to a top private for him just to go to U Wisconsin.

Looks like kids with 3.2 from our school get in. Its probably a quirk in the NCS data.

what do you mean by "quirk?" Cause the NCS data is from the past 2 years. Before that it was easier. The last two years saw all the 3.6 girls getting rejected outright.

The data isn't always complete. Also you have no idea why those girls were rejected; it may not have been the GPA.

[Anonymous]

https://nypost.com/2023/11/16/lifestyle/kids-ditching-prep-schools-for-public-to-get-into-the-ivy-league/

Article in NY post today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin is ranked #35 USNWR. Reset your expectations a little.

Ranking is silly. It's a great school. But do you really want to go to a giant public college in Wisconsin, Minnesota, or anywhere that cold? Some kids do, lots don't.

Since we are even discussing it, I think the answer is obvious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How were their HS experiences? Hope they both look back fondly.

FWIW, I am really surprised the college counselor is telling you Wisconsin is a reach based on what we heard at STA (and no shade at Wisconsin, would be happy to have a kid matriculate there). We did not have a private counselor though. Maybe ask the NCS counselor what they think.

STA has better college results for similar kids. I don't know why this is. College admissions are easier for boys in general, STA has more pull, their grading is easier (no A minuses and the numerical grading scale), etc.

I can tell you that the minimum admit for Wisconsin from NCS in 2023 was a 3.85 (from the Scoir data). The year before it was about a 3.75.

I just posted I just switched one of my 3 kids to private. I would be damn pissed if I sent my kid to a top private for him just to go to U Wisconsin.

Looks like kids with 3.2 from our school get in. Its probably a quirk in the NCS data.

what do you mean by "quirk?" Cause the NCS data is from the past 2 years. Before that it was easier. The last two years saw all the 3.6 girls getting rejected outright.

The data isn't always complete. Also you have no idea why those girls were rejected; it may not have been the GPA.

You are digging deep with excuses and justifications based on nothing. How about "Girls below a 3.8 didn't get in regardless of what they did or did not do outside of the classroom."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin is ranked #35 USNWR. Reset your expectations a little.

Ranking is silly. It's a great school. But do you really want to go to a giant public college in Wisconsin, Minnesota, or anywhere that cold? Some kids do, lots don't.

Exactly. I’d prefer u of Hawaii. Not as highly ranked, but great weather and nice scenery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Ivy commits at our public HS are URMs and legacies.

Not all. I know several white girls at DD’s big MoCo public who got into USNWR top 5 schools. But their ECs, including DD’s ECs, knocked it out of the park, so you could possibly argue they had hooks. DD wasn’t an athletic recruit, fwiw.

To the idiot who thinks top kids at public schools never do any work or learn anything—you’re an idiot. DD is doing great at her top university.

Moco public’s are a whole different animal.

[Anonymous]

These types of posts happen usually twice a year on this board: when deadlines have arrived and after early admission announcements happen. The anxiety causes many parents to come to DCUM to vent, purging their various concerns in a post with the hope for catharsis. Then, after EA announcements arrive, some parents post about how disappointed they are that they paid a ton of money to send their kid to a school they thought would gain them access to an Ivy League or T20 school. People post similarly angsty responses because they're being put through the wringer, too, as their kids deal with the disappointment that Harvard doesn't think them worthy of EA. A month or two later, the regular decisions come out and their kids get admitted to great schools (maybe not Harvard, but a place like Wesleyan or Michigan). They don't return to post the news, leaving their pre-admission angsty posts stand on DCUM for others to feed off of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How were their HS experiences? Hope they both look back fondly.

FWIW, I am really surprised the college counselor is telling you Wisconsin is a reach based on what we heard at STA (and no shade at Wisconsin, would be happy to have a kid matriculate there). We did not have a private counselor though. Maybe ask the NCS counselor what they think.

STA has better college results for similar kids. I don't know why this is. College admissions are easier for boys in general, STA has more pull, their grading is easier (no A minuses and the numerical grading scale), etc.

I can tell you that the minimum admit for Wisconsin from NCS in 2023 was a 3.85 (from the Scoir data). The year before it was about a 3.75.

I just posted I just switched one of my 3 kids to private. I would be damn pissed if I sent my kid to a top private for him just to go to U Wisconsin.

Honestly you are probably at private for the wrong reasons. My kids will end up where they will for college, but they’ve gained a love of learning, amazing executive functioning and public speaking skills among other attributes that will serve them well in life. If you are primarily focused on college acceptances, stay at public.

I am not in it purely for college admissions. DH and I are both ivy educated. I would also be annoyed if my kid went to Wisconsin from public.

We live in a wealthy area with a well educated patient population. I am seeing many siblings with less than stellar college outcomes. If your parent went to Yale or Harvard and you end up at UVA, it is a step down, especially after they spend 500k in private school tuition.

I will only admit it on here since it is anonymous. I would be very annoyed if my kid ends up at a bad college after spending all this money on tuition. In real life, of course I will say we switched for the experience, smaller class sizes, etc.

Funny stuff. 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2023/11/16/lifestyle/kids-ditching-prep-schools-for-public-to-get-into-the-ivy-league/

Article in NY post today.

I can’t imagine caring this much about where my kid went to college. I simply cannot.

[Anonymous]

Your daughter is likely far better prepared for college than your son.

Report back once they’ve both navigated freshman year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Wisconsin and am laughing at this thread.

Laughing how?

I can’t imagine anyone would have Wisconsin as a first choice. It is likely a safety that one may be stuck with since the kid didn’t get into any better schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems the veil is lifting off the Ivy League.

Only for dunces like you who would have never been admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is clearly a troll. Having said that, this article that just came across my newsfeed supports her thesis:

https://nypost.com/2023/11/16/lifestyle/kids-ditching-prep-schools-for-public-to-get-into-the-ivy-league/amp/

Wow:

fact, Rim has seen roughly 5% of his clients move states — something that’s become far more practical now that more parents can work remotely until the admissions cycle is over.

And more than a dozen clients have even told him they’ve worked with so-called relocation specialists, who help find the best Zip codes to game the college admission odds.