Anonymous
09/14/2024 21:15
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Anonymous wrote:Best privates in key areas:
Manhattan/NYC:
Brearely, Dalton, Chapin
Bronx:
Horace Mann, Riverdale Country
San Francisco: Urban, Lick-Wilmerding, University
Oakland/East Bay: College Prep, Head Royce
Silicon Valley: Nueva, Harker, Castilleja (all girls)
LA: Harvard-Westlake
Boarding (US): Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Choate Hall, Lawrenceville, Groton, Hotchkiss
It’s Choate Rosemary Hall.
Anonymous
09/12/2024 19:19
Subject: Re:Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Lots of threads about this in the Private School forum - here’s one but search for Chapin or Dalton there and you’ll find more
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/831795.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/831795.page
Anonymous
09/12/2024 19:08
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Chapin is not in the same league as Brearly or Dalton
Anonymous
08/13/2024 09:42
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Anonymous wrote:Best privates in key areas:
Manhattan/NYC:
Brearely, Dalton, Chapin
Bronx:
Horace Mann, Riverdale Country
San Francisco: Urban, Lick-Wilmerding, University
Oakland/East Bay: College Prep, Head Royce
Silicon Valley: Nueva, Harker, Castilleja (all girls)
LA: Harvard-Westlake
Boarding (US): Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Choate Hall, Lawrenceville, Groton, Hotchkiss
SPS = St. Paul's School. Third largest endowment behind Exeter & Andover, but half as many students (total of 540). No PGs. No day students = 100% boarding. 50% female/50% male. About 25% + to Ivy League schools each year. Used to be higher (about 33.3% to 35%). outstanding academics.
Anonymous
07/10/2024 02:58
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Big 3 are tiers below NYC schools like Trinity, Dalton, Horace Mann, Brearley, Collegiate... or a school like Harvard-Westlake in LA. These are qualitatively different, on many levels.
The SF schools are a better comparison.
The SF schools are a better comparison.
Anonymous
07/06/2024 18:53
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
All I know is dc has no real feeders. The big three seem to me to be packer level
Anonymous
07/06/2024 14:29
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
I think you have to remember that big three is a bit lower tier than places like riverdale and much lower than places like collegiate.
Money, connections, legacy and then the mansions process itself is harder. A 3.7 from
Brearley does just fine.
Money, connections, legacy and then the mansions process itself is harder. A 3.7 from
Brearley does just fine.
Anonymous
07/06/2024 13:30
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Best privates in key areas:
Manhattan/NYC:
Brearely, Dalton, Chapin
Bronx:
Horace Mann, Riverdale Country
San Francisco: Urban, Lick-Wilmerding, University
Oakland/East Bay: College Prep, Head Royce
Silicon Valley: Nueva, Harker, Castilleja (all girls)
LA: Harvard-Westlake
Boarding (US): Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Choate Hall, Lawrenceville, Groton, Hotchkiss
Manhattan/NYC:
Brearely, Dalton, Chapin
Bronx:
Horace Mann, Riverdale Country
San Francisco: Urban, Lick-Wilmerding, University
Oakland/East Bay: College Prep, Head Royce
Silicon Valley: Nueva, Harker, Castilleja (all girls)
LA: Harvard-Westlake
Boarding (US): Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Choate Hall, Lawrenceville, Groton, Hotchkiss
Anonymous
07/06/2024 12:54
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
Anonymous wrote:I believe you still say "big three" in NY except with the regional accent.
We don’t
Anonymous
07/06/2024 12:45
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
I believe you still say "big three" in NY except with the regional accent.
Anonymous
07/06/2024 12:45
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
What is big3?
Anonymous
07/06/2024 12:35
Subject: Can someone translate “big three” to ny schools?
I have no idea when people use this as a guidepost for admissions ie “3.7 at big 3 isn’t getting into Williams”. Is it similar to collegiate etc?