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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chapin has a 34% ivy acceptance rate over for years which is also great…. That’s just scooting to ChatGPT so that is very unofficial. LOL[/quote]

Matriculation or acceptance? That percentage seems really high considering their performance in the last 2-3 years  [/quote]

NP.  Just looked it up.  For last 5 years, Chapin sent 78 to ivies, so less than Spence’s 91 and much less than Brearley’s 124, but a little more than Collegiate’s 71.  Seems to be about 25% of class if you assume similar class size to those others.[/quote]

Chapin and Collegiate class size is a bit smaller I am pretty sure about 50 to Spence’s 60-70 but depends on year so their rate is in the 30 percentile so pretty comparable to Spence’s. 78 kids over 5 years with a class size of 50 is 31 percent.  Chapin has been consistent with their Ivy acceptance rate.  They are pretty intent on keeping the community small.   It’s very very difficult to gain acceptance in recent years.   What performance was the poster referring to??  Love this forum for all the differing opinions!  I assume it’s parents from the various schools.  LOL. [/quote]

That's incorrect for Chapin, which has 810 students for 13 grades (https://www.chapin.edu/about/chapin-facts).  That's an average of over 62 per grade.  About even with Spence, which has 804 (https://www.spenceschool.org/about-spence/at-a-glance).  Brearley has 786 (https://www.brearley.org/brearley-at-a-glance/).  Collegiate is smaller though with 670 (https://www.collegiateschool.org/explore/who-we-are).[/quote]

Class size can vary, some middle school grades tend to have more kids but high school classes can definitely be as small as 50 at Chapin.   Think this year’s class has 57.[/quote]

Chapin's matriculation page for 2021-2025 reflects 299 students., or 60 students per year.[/quote]

Lots of Spence moms on this forum.  The three girls schools are very much the same.   I think what some posters are trying to express is that class size in the upper school has some variations that would impact matriculation percentages.  A kindergarten class could have 75 kids but a graduating class could have 55 because many students leave for coed schools and the admissions office don’t always fill all slots if they don’t feel they have found the right candidates.  I think that makes perfect sense.  I don’t see Spence closing any perceived gap that Chapin has failed to close.  They offer the same classes and level of rigor. [/quote]

The class size does affect matriculation percentages but the thing is we do not need to second guess the size of graduating classes in each of the schools. We know from Chapin's own website that Chapin had 299 graduating students between 2021 and 2025. 299/5 = 59.8 students per year, or 60 students over 4 years and 59 students one year. Not 55 or 57 - at least during the latest years.

I am not a Spence mom - just someone who is trying to figure out the right school for my DD who is bored in her local not-TT private. FWIW, I can clearly see the difference in college outcomes between the 3 schools based on pure data - not vibes. It doesn't mean a school with better matriculations is better than the others. Of course, there are other factors (e.g. school culture, level of pressure on students) that are more important than college admissions. [/

Spence mom here to say the top three girls schools are really more alike than they are different.   Go to the school that accepts your family as it’s highly unlikely you’ll get into all three! And class size dos vary an affect totals one year could be 69 while another year could be 55.[/quote]

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