Is it true the Big 3 kids are getting hammered this year- and by that I mean bad admissions results?
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Anonymous
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I have a kid who is a sophomore at a Big 3 and by that let's say I mean St Albans/NCS, GDS, Sidwell or Maret. I have heard through my school grapevine that this year the kids at the elite privates are having terrible results-
especially the unhooked kids. I have heard that they are negatively affected by test-optional, the elimination of AP's and grade deflation. Ok please tell me your experiences- Big 3 parents only please...I am not interested in hearing how well your W school kid did, or how stupid you think I am for paying private school tuition. |
Anonymous
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It's everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivy-league-acceptance-rates-fall-to-record-lows-due-to-covid-19-11617767857 Harvard University admitted 1,968 candidates, or 3.4% of the 57,435 people who applied. The previous lowest acceptance rate was 4.6% two years ago. Applications surged 43% over last year. Yale University accepted 4.6% of the 46,905 people who applied. The applicant pool grew by 33% over last year, when the school accepted 6.5% of applicants. |
Anonymous
The rumors are true. It's been horrible. Half a mil in private and ended up exactly where we would have if we stayed with our highly regarded public school. |
Anonymous
| The ones getting hammered this year are the parents. It's been that bad. |
Anonymous
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I think it's great!
Signed, the OP of the "we did it right" thread |
Anonymous
Actually, our neighbor’s kids at our poorly ranked public school (great schools 2/10) are getting into WAY better schools than my Big 3 senior. The FCPS kids have barely gone to school in a year, gotten all As or P/F on their report cards and went test optional. I am hearing about TONS of top 30 school admits at the public. This school routinely struggles to send kids to top schools or even UVA. My Big 3 kid was rejected/WL at all target schools and rejected at one safety. Sh*tshow indeed. |
Anonymous
I would simply say to consider the self-interest of the people making these assessments. It can’t possibly be that this was an insanely competitive admissions year and their kids just didn’t make the cut; it has to be that less-worthy kids, whose parents didn’t pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for private school, somehow had an advantage. Come on. |
Anonymous
Insanely competitive year. |
Anonymous
The use of the word "horrible" just stuns me. "Horrible" is when your kid gets cancer. What you are describing is a bad financial decision. It is not 'horrible" for your child to attend a college that ranks 30 instead of 12 in USNWR. |
Anonymous
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Is it just me or do a whole lot of these posts read as "I paid a ton of money for my privileged kid to go to private high school with the expectation that they'd get into a fancy-ass college and I am big mad that they are being lapped by a bunch of public school kids I do not know who I assume are undeserving and not as worthy as my precious darling."
YIKES. |
Anonymous
A test optional public school candidate with a GPA that is higher than 4.0 (because of weighting and the fact that the took AP classes) looks really great compared to a big 3 GPA of 3.4 with no APs and a 33 ACT. |
Anonymous
It’s you, and the chip on your shoulder. |
Anonymous
| STA is doing very well. |
Anonymous
Too bad, because this forum is full of people just panting to do exactly that. Ignore them. |
Anonymous
| My kids are at two different Baltimore private schools (both single sex) and they have having excellent placement this year. Last year also was very good. |