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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What percentage of STA parents had Ivy League educations?[/quote]

While I do not know the answer to your question, I know several ivy graduate STA parents disappointed by their STA graduating child’s college results this DAR this year.. So much for legacy status....[/quote]

I am highly confident that there are more parents at STA (and NCS, SFS, GDS) who went to Ivy League schools than there are students there who will get in - the Ivies just aren't going to take enough people from these schools for every legacy to get into his/her parents' school.[/quote]

We are Ivy grads - ugrad and grad school.  We no longer donate nor care to have our kids apply. They’re all up to their eyeballs in identity politics and weak majors. And totally agree with the wsj calling them out in never increasing number of seats s. If their mission was to educate as many students as possible why aren’t they trying to expand the number of admits the last 100 years.  It’s not like population hasn’t increased. It’s not like the Board of Harvard hasn’t been stewing over that the last 7 years. Either way, hate the Dean, President and the it seems like half the professors want to be politicians.[/quote]

Totally agreed.  Encouraging my kids to go elsewhere.  Not impressed at all by Ivy degrees.  Yes I have them but your opinion of me should be based on something else.[/quote]

We are another dual ivy couple. While I do not argue about the unfortunate nature of the ivy teaching culture that results in varied teaching quality that can be bested in other schools, I do not agree with discouraging kids from applying to genuinely warranted high prestige schools.  What might be lost in the teaching experience is more than made up in the networking potential of attending a high profile, caliber university.  Sure a talented student can excel in any environment, but it’s better to do so in a place where the people you meet as a freshman are likely to be in the C suite as alumni.[/quote]

And you named your DS "Jack" because it sounds good on the playground as well as in the boardroom.[/quote]

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