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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand that College forum.  Parents act like the Ivy acceptance rate is 0.00001% and that DC needs a Nobel Prize to be competitive.  In fact, the Harvard acceptance rate is 5% (1 in 20 is getting in).  Difficult, but hardly impossible.[/quote]

You're right, you don't understand. It's a lot lower than 5% for these elite schools, closer to 3%, and once you take into account pulling in legacies, athletes, first generation, and underrepresented minorities, the chances go down to nearly non-existent.

Keep telling yourself it's simply "difficult."[/quote]

At St. Ann's 48% will go to an Ivy, at Colligiate in Manhattan, 50+% will go to an Ivy.
I'll keep telling myself it's [sic] simply "difficult," while you keep making excuses for mediocrity.[/quote]

Does you child attend one of these schools? [/quote]

My DC is attending a school with similar stats and would be a legacy.  (We're not super rich, just super smart.)  Nevertheless, I recognize that getting in will still be difficult.

But even at Fairfax HS, 2 kids get into Princeton or MIT EVERY year.  Difficult, but hardly impossible ... stop excusing mediocrity.[/quote]

Is your kid at TJ? No, it doesn’t have similar stats to those other schools listed. Half of TJ kids don’t attend Ivy League schools.

And not sure about your obsession with “mediocrity.”  The vast majority of kids with great grades and test scores DO NOT get into Harvard. They aren’t mediocre. But there are only so many spots available each year & many qualified kids. [/quote]

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