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Anonymous wrote:The experience of a student at a wealthy private is typically very different from the experience at a large public with a limited budget.

Generally speaking, course availability and getting the classes you actually want each semester can be a big difference between the two.

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Just as the experience at an independent HS is very different from that a large public HS. What some people will never understand (ahem, public school parents) is that parents who pay to send their kids to elite HS's aren't interested in having their with the masses at large public colleges, regardless of rankings.

Thanks for talking about the elephant in the room. Why would a parent send their kid to a private/independent school with its small class and individualized attention only to have them go across the country to attend classes with 500 other students at Berkeley or UCLA.

I dunno. But I see a lot of large colleges on the top private schools’ matriculation lists so somebody is. And many of the larger privates have pretty big intro classes too. By your logic, everyone should be going to liberal arts colleges.

I never said that or implied that (ever heard of a mid-sized university?). I did however look at top privates in NYC and it seems very few go to large publics in California (or elsewhere):

https://www.dalton.org/programs/high-school/college-counseling
https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/college-counseling
https://www.brearley.org/about/college-matriculations-2018-2022
https://trinityschoolnyc.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/390/download/download_4530575.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

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Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Wrong, but a nice try.

Personally, I have a child in a public school where they have been boosted by a new methodology.
However, I don't think this new methodology is a fair measure of the academic strength and quality of each school anymore.
If you use these as your acceptance guide, you will become confused.

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

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Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Quite a chip you've got on your shoulder there.

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

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Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

+1000

Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Wrong, but a nice try.

Personally, I have a child in a public school where they have been boosted by a new methodology.
However, I don't think this new methodology is a fair measure of the academic strength and quality of each school anymore.
If you use these as your acceptance guide, you will become confused.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

+1000

Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Anonymous wrote:I had two kids from one of the top private schools mentioned above. I agree not many applied to MIT or Caltech because there was slightly more of a humanities focus. But also very few applied to top publics although I'm not sure why that was.

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

+1000

Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

+1000

Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

+1000

Translation: I’m a private school parent whose kids are targeting second tier private colleges because they’ll never get into a top 20, and I don’t like the new rankings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

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Anonymous wrote:The more the rankings weight social mobility over things like class size (which was eliminated!) and entering student stats (measure of the strength of the peer group), the less relevant they are as a way to assess the quality of education or experience a student will have, which is what people look to these rankings for. I find the new methodology to be disappointing.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are wealthy and it makes no difference where they go to college.

Thank you, Mr. Howell. I hope you & Gilligan get rescued soon.

Enjoy working for my kids soon.

With all your money you’d think you could afford a personality.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are wealthy and it makes no difference where they go to college.

Thank you, Mr. Howell. I hope you & Gilligan get rescued soon.

Enjoy working for my kids soon.