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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my 3.2 gpa "big 3" DD just outright rejected from CU Boulder. I am flabbergasted. This is the most messed up college admissions cycle we have experienced yet. What a mess.[/quote]
I'm so sorry. This must be stressful. Did DD submit SAT or ACT scores? I do wonder if at these large schools it's harder for Big-3 students to complete bc of the lack of grade inflation, and so students need to submit standardized test scores. Did DD apply to any schools early?[/quote]

She did submit. It was not a high ACT, but was above the 50th% range, so counselor said definitely submit. It's all about GPA now that TO is the norm. With so much grade inflation everywhere else, anything lower than a 3.7, no matter the school, is automatically out at large universities. I wish my kids had never attended the school they did. Not just because of college acceptances, but because they never felt anything other than [b]like they were the stupid kids[/b] and end their senior year feeling ilke failures because the majority of their classmates are attending top 30 colleges and universities. I wish they had just had normal childhoods, surrounded by normal people who don't judge based on college matriculation.[/quote]

yikes - $160k on hs to come out feeling like the stupid kid - empathize with you and totally agree that it was a mistake - hard pass on the private route for me.  [/quote]

I was weak and let my husband and his family force this. I fought for years to get them out, but couldn't win. The only option was to divorce and that seemed extreme. Honestly, I wish I had and had hired a lawyer to win the fight. You are making the right choice. It was an absolutely horrible experience and I live with regret everyday that we don't get a do-over for my poor kids.[/quote]

Hoping this will help you feel a little bit better about your kids' educational route...I've had kids at both a "Big 3" and MCPS, at all grade levels. You're correct in your assessment that for a certain level of student, the college outcomes are not better at the top privates. But they're not worse, either, and where the difference becomes really clear is at the middle and bottom of the class. Great students and MCPA and privates do very well. My DC's debate team cohort at Whitman had college outcomes equal to any high school or prep school in the country. At the middle and bottom, the Big 3 kids do MUCH better than the publics. Not even close.

But the real difference is that the Big 3 kids acquire a better education. And they'll retain that for life.

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