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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spouse has a Ph.D. from Harvard, I have a J.D. and joint M.B.A. from a T10.  We have a DC in 2nd grade at a private.  If DC doesn't get into a, say, T50, it will be because we the parents screwed up or because the DC screwed up.  It won't be because of black applicants or because of affirmative action or because it was always "impossible." [/quote]

It wasn't always impossible. It is now. I am glad you don't realize this - you should not be thinking about college admissions with a 2nd grader. By the time they are a teen, you'll find out what college admissions is actually like at the most elite schools, and at some point you'll make peace with it. Apparently, that day is not today.[/quote]

It's apparently not impossible for the tens of thousands who get into T50's every year.  It's only impossible for the mediocre DC's.[/quote]

The problem is the tens of thousands with the same scores, grades and activities that were rejected because there weren’t enough spots.   [/quote]

I don’t know anyone with a 4.5gpa and 1550 getting shut out of all T50 schools. Sure, he may not get into Harvard but he got into Georgia tech or Boston university or Purdue.[/quote]

It’s the parents who whine about not getting into an Ivy or top ten, those are the ones who can’t take every qualified student.  And if what you think is mediocre is an A/B student with a 1300 there are plenty of spots for them in the bottom half of the top 50.  [/quote]

Not all schools are equal. My friend’s son just graduated from Bronx science and ~100 kids get into ivy schools per year. My friend’s son and his friends didn’t even post on the instagram so it is far from complete. My friend’s kid got into 3 ivy colleges but ended up going to another T10 school.[/quote]

They are not sending 100 kids to Ivies per year. [/quote]

This only has Harvard, Princeton and MIT listed but both Stuy and Bronx science are listed. Cornell and Penn love Bronx science. Add Duke and Johns Hopkins, there absolutely are ~100.

https://www.fitwirr.com/articles/ivy-league-feeder-public-schools/#:~:text=Stuyvesant%20High%20School%20(New%20York%2C%20New%20York)&text=Graduates%20attend%20top%20universities%20worldwide,selecting%20only%20the%20highest%20scorers.[/quote]

You may not understand math.  4 students to Harvard per year may seem impressive, until you consider that the denominator is hugh (735).  4 students per year is barely 1% of the graduating class.  Considering that the Harvard yield rate is also hugh (about 75% (who says no to Harvard?)), Bronx Science students are being admitted at the same rate as the rest of the country.  Very impressive for an inner-city, first gen school (God bless them), otherwise, not so much.[/quote]

I actually went to Harvard and I am very good at math. Nothing you say will make me think that any school in the DMV has better college admissions than Stuy or Bronx Science. [/quote]

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