Outcomes: private high school results

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Anonymous wrote:There is a marked difference at the Chicago private high schools this year. It’s noticeably better than last year.

Think the SCOTUS decision helped.

Then you’re really bad at math.

Huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Supreme Court decision benefitted upper class white kids.

No. There are too few URMs at highly selective schools to move the needle by screwing them. Statistically meaningless.

Agree. I don’t think the decision screwed anyone at selective schools intentionally. But it did elevate others whose admissions may have been artificially suppressed for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel it was worse this year for the boarding and private school kids I know but then again they are mainly STEM so maybe easier for liberal arts

It’s been a hard year for the pure STEM kids at privates imo

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Anonymous wrote:Of course there should be more NM Scholars from a private school that requires a rigorous application than a public school. That's expected. Public schools have a huge range of kids so maybe not accurate to compare the two? But also accept that the kids at the top at a public school can do just as well as the private school kids? Private school kids (not all) also have more resources and wealth to help with the admissions process.

The Ivy admits I know this year are pretty evenly split between private and public schools.

Not my experience this year.
Public school kids getting into large OOS flagships at higher rate than private (UCLA/UCB/Michigan/Texas/UVA)….

Definitely larger number of ivies per capita at private.

The public school kids should be priority in all of the public flagships. These schools were always meant to educate students of families with lower income levels. Why would anyone spend so much on private high school just to end up at a public university?

Some want single sex education 14-18. Some want a smaller school and class sizes in high school. The goal for many isn’t an Ivy or where they matriculate—but the foundational education.

All of this and more! My kids are on private simply because I trust them to do a better job preparing my kids for college. Without a doubt, they will be applying to public flagships….no doubt about it.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone seen their school’s Landscape report?

Listening to YCBK - todays podcast

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course there should be more NM Scholars from a private school that requires a rigorous application than a public school. That's expected. Public schools have a huge range of kids so maybe not accurate to compare the two? But also accept that the kids at the top at a public school can do just as well as the private school kids? Private school kids (not all) also have more resources and wealth to help with the admissions process.

The Ivy admits I know this year are pretty evenly split between private and public schools.

Not my experience this year.
Public school kids getting into large OOS flagships at higher rate than private (UCLA/UCB/Michigan/Texas/UVA)….

Definitely larger number of ivies per capita at private.

The public school kids should be priority in all of the public flagships. These schools were always meant to educate students of families with lower income levels. Why would anyone spend so much on private high school just to end up at a public university?

Some want single sex education 14-18. Some want a smaller school and class sizes in high school. The goal for many isn’t an Ivy or where they matriculate—but the foundational education.

All of this and more! My kids are on private simply because I trust them to do a better job preparing my kids for college. Without a doubt, they will be applying to public flagships….no doubt about it.

PP -You are quoting me- turns out my kid did get into an Ivy this spring. Lol- but completely was never the reason. It was for the prep and set on a public flagship initially.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course there should be more NM Scholars from a private school that requires a rigorous application than a public school. That's expected. Public schools have a huge range of kids so maybe not accurate to compare the two? But also accept that the kids at the top at a public school can do just as well as the private school kids? Private school kids (not all) also have more resources and wealth to help with the admissions process.

The Ivy admits I know this year are pretty evenly split between private and public schools.

Not my experience this year.
Public school kids getting into large OOS flagships at higher rate than private (UCLA/UCB/Michigan/Texas/UVA)….

Definitely larger number of ivies per capita at private.

What about Public doesn't "prepare your kid for college"? The course selection is larger, the acceptances are better, etc. Spare us your ridiculous response.

No what you meant to say is you have no idea what you are talking about.



The public school kids should be priority in all of the public flagships. These schools were always meant to educate students of families with lower income levels. Why would anyone spend so much on private high school just to end up at a public university?

Some want single sex education 14-18. Some want a smaller school and class sizes in high school. The goal for many isn’t an Ivy or where they matriculate—but the foundational education.

All of this and more! My kids are on private simply because I trust them to do a better job preparing my kids for college. Without a doubt, they will be applying to public flagships….no doubt about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes my kids' private they graduated from within the last few years seem to be doing better this year than when they were there.

Why do you think that is?

Clearly, they are not admitting necessarily stronger students all around.

Is it really the Supreme Court decision? So the beneficiaries of that decision are private school white and Asian kids?

Full pay white kids, maybe.

Asians don't do privates much. Mostly public HS.

Correlation does not mean causation, nor should anecdote be conflated with data. But if one must speculate, I'd guess that test optional policies resulted in the admission of students who have struggled to an extent that colleges this year decided to admit more students from secondary schools whose alumni have a long track record of doing well at the next level (note from other messages in this thread that seniors at competitive public high schools also have been admitted to elite colleges and universities in greater numbers than they recently have done).