Reply to Sidwell GDS and Michigan

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Sidwell GDS and Michigan "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In general, the UMich kids I know of are great but not at the level academically of the T20 kids at my DC’s private.  Don’t Get me wrong, they are excellent students, but not in the most rigorous classes etc.
[/quote]

This is inaccurate. Top privates send top students to Michigan every year. This year across the board all top popular universities are reporting receiving 20% more applications than ever before. Admissions rates have dropped dramatically at the popular colleges. Schools like USC, Michigan, UVA etc now have single digit acceptance rates. USC admissions rate is 6% this year. Out of state Michigan and UVA are also record low admission rates. The common app and TO has really encouraged anyone and everyone to apply and applications have skyrocketed at the popular top schools.[/quote]

These both can be true.  There are many schools with lots of applications that put the school at a single digit admit rate. [b] But also at a DC private, the very top kids choosing to apply elsewhere.[/b] The kids applying/attending Michigan are qualified, great kids but perhaps not the very top of the class, who tend to apply to T20 (which doesn’t mean the Michigan kids aren’t smart kids who will be highly successful). [/quote]

Your info is way out-of-date.

[b]This year, pretty much the only Big3 kids who got in ED to top schools were hooked kids.  The smart kids who aren't VIP legacies, URM or athletes were bumped. They ALL applied to Michigan.[/b] 
It will be interesting to see how this shakes out because the only kids who got in to Michigan (that i know of) were very top kids.  Many will take these spots.  
I have a kid who is a junior with a 3.95 and wants a school like Michigan.  Has no interest in the Ivies.  There is a lot of this in 2023.  Many kids who slaved away at the Big3 for 4 years want a big, fun school. [/quote]

How do you know that information? You know everyone’s grade and connections? [/quote]

Because it's confirmed by the schools' kid-run instagrams.  And confirmed by my kid and their friends.  And confirmed by the parents of seniors I talk to at sports games.  And the parents that were at a school event that I was at yesterday (several of whom have talk to the college counseling office and even HOS about this)  And by my friend who runs a college consulting business in NW. Sure, there may be a few unconnected kids slipping through entirely under the radar but in these tight-knit school communities it's really, really unlikely.  There are a lot of parents concerned about this.  I can't seem to get away from chatter about it wherever I go and I'm not the one starting the conversations. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics