I have no idea if there is "carnage" for the independent schools at any specific college but I interviewed a large group of DC students for my Ivy alma mater and had the usual number of thumbs up among my interviewees. And in the initial report for the area from my alma mater, there doesn't seem to be a drop off in admits in the early round this year.

The claim that URMs or low-income Questbridge applicants take up all the slots is absurd. 40% of children in the US are black or Latino while less than 20% of Ivy students are. 60% of Ivy students come from families in the top 1% by income and only a quarter from families making less than the median income. If you want to complain, the legacy preference is a problem, since almost all of the legacy admits are in the top 1% of incomes and they make up about 15% of any class. But, they also often have higher grades and scores (and better recs) than non-legacy admits too.

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Gotta feel for Buffy and Winston. Failures for life.

Anonymous wrote:Thought Big 3 parents dont care about college, but just the high school EXPERIENCE!

Last chapter hasn’t been written. Let’s compare in April.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true at GDS.

Here we go again

Anonymous wrote:Not true at GDS.

Here we go again

BIG 3 IS NOT A REAL CONCEPT YOU MONSTERS ALSO YOU ARE USUALLY DISCUSSING MORE LIKE SEVEN SCHOOLS AND FURTHER MORE YOUR KIDS ARE FIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNEEEEE

Anonymous wrote:The game is up. The bill has come due. Unless you were URM, Questbridge, RA or Alumni you weren’t getting in. Exception were perfect test scores and GPA. Ugly ugly year. Think the scandal from last year changed the game. Normal balanced kids aren’t getting in - don’t kid yourself.
Was a horrible year at STA, Sidwell, NCS and GDS.

Doesn't this pretty much sum up who is getting into the most elite colleges, especially ED/SCEA, regardless of where they went to high school?

URM
Questbridge
Recruited Athlete
Legacy
1600s + 4.0 UW

"Normal balanced" kids are a dime a dozen. And the normal, balanced kids who attend a Big 3 aren't going to be at the top of their class, which makes it even more of a long shot.

Poor entitled children, what ever are they going to do now than mommy and daddy can't put that prestigious sticker on their Range Rover?

Not true at GDS.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for owning up. Seeing the same at our non big 3 private in DC.

you believed that? I guess you'll believe anything to make yourself feel better.

Thought Big 3 parents dont care about college, but just the high school EXPERIENCE!

Thank you for owning up. Seeing the same at our non big 3 private in DC.

Thus is ED, EA and SCEA I gather?

The game is up. The bill has come due. Unless you were URM, Questbridge, RA or Alumni you weren’t getting in. Exception were perfect test scores and GPA. Ugly ugly year. Think the scandal from last year changed the game. Normal balanced kids aren’t getting in - don’t kid yourself.
Was a horrible year at STA, Sidwell, NCS and GDS.