Anonymous
02/16/2024 01:43
Subject: the SV to Montana, Wyoming transplants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I live in a ski town out west, and smart kids in the public high school do well in college admissions here. I am curious to know how much of it is about geographic diversity versus they've just done well in school and sometimes sports. Many of them come from Uber Wealth and have all the tutors, private coaches, consultants, etc.
Hmm park city high isn’t really sending hordes of kids to Stanford or the Ivies
What do you mean by “doing well” in admissions?
Not PP, but I live in Colorado and Aspen and Telluride’s public schools are very strong. Both probably in the top 10 open enrollment high schools in the state. And Colorado is much larger than other mountain west states (I.e. more applicants), so I assume places like Park City and Ketchum do well too.
Colorado is very different culturally than Utah (non-mo) and the other mountain states
Colorado is one the highest % of college grads up there with Massachusetts and NJ
Anonymous
02/16/2024 01:32
Subject: the SV to Montana, Wyoming transplants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I live in a ski town out west, and smart kids in the public high school do well in college admissions here. I am curious to know how much of it is about geographic diversity versus they've just done well in school and sometimes sports. Many of them come from Uber Wealth and have all the tutors, private coaches, consultants, etc.
Hmm park city high isn’t really sending hordes of kids to Stanford or the Ivies
What do you mean by “doing well” in admissions?
Not PP, but I live in Colorado and Aspen and Telluride’s public schools are very strong. Both probably in the top 10 open enrollment high schools in the state. And Colorado is much larger than other mountain west states (I.e. more applicants), so I assume places like Park City and Ketchum do well too.
Anonymous
02/15/2024 21:57
Subject: the SV to Montana, Wyoming transplants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I live in a ski town out west, and smart kids in the public high school do well in college admissions here. I am curious to know how much of it is about geographic diversity versus they've just done well in school and sometimes sports. Many of them come from Uber Wealth and have all the tutors, private coaches, consultants, etc.
Hmm park city high isn’t really sending hordes of kids to Stanford or the Ivies
What do you mean by “doing well” in admissions?
While I cannot provide information specifically about Park City High School, our public high school sends some students every year to top-ranked universities like Stanford, as well as many Nescac-type schools. There is also a portion of the student body whose parents are service workers and are now first-gen college students, which is a testament to the community.
Anonymous
02/15/2024 21:50
Subject: Re:the SV to Montana, Wyoming transplants
Anonymous wrote:I know some in this loose category - some have parents with deep NE roots with legacy at schools often discussed here, but the families grew up in ski/resort towns in ID/MT/WY. Others relocated in the time frame OP referred to (6-12). And in that case, nearly all those folks had connections/houses to these areas prior to COVID, but were not living there year round. A few moved there permanently as they had kids, mainly boys, who were not doing well in remote learning.
Some of these folks have gotten into their parents' alma maters or peer schools. Others did not. Geography probably helpful for those admitted, but clearly wasn't the secret sauce for all of them.
Grades 6-12, not ages 6-12.