Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 09:42     Subject: mediocre privates
Anonymous wrote:This is true at the mediocre catholic school near us. They send a ton of kids to JMU and CNU which have 75-90% acceptance rates. The public schools nearby have much better college stats.


Our DMV all girls Catholic K-12 sends anywhere between 20-25% to top 25 schools. That's the reason we picked this Catholic over others. It's a bit of a pressure cooker for those striving for those colleges, but it has been consistent in its outcomes year to year. Fingers crossed for our DD. We're paying about $50K a year, but would do so no matter what as we are committed to Catholic education.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 09:36     Subject: mediocre privates
It's not just where you live. The days of most private school kids going to Ivies and national colleges you actually heard of are largely over. Most colleges I hear of kids going to - never heard of it. Or it's like a state school that used to be unpopular but now an achievement.

I'm not in academia, but perhaps a much larger percentage of admitted students are full pays from overseas, which would leave fewer spaces.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 09:29     Subject: mediocre privates
Anonymous wrote:This is actually typical in a lot of states. I assume OP is in the south - FL, MS, etc. Or possibly in an urban area in a red/red-ish state like Ohio or Indiana. The public charter and religious private schools become essentially like how public schools were when we were kids. Most kids do go on to college but at state schools and less selective/religious affiliated SLAC’s. Public schools in those areas increasingly only have troubled students. So I guess I would just stay the course and supplement at home as much as possible so your kids are well prepared for college.


+1. This was me even in the 90s and 00s. Living in the city, the publics were a disaster so we went to a pretty mediocre Catholic school. It helped that we were Catholic, of course. But it was a big deal if a kid got into Notre Dame, everyone else went to state schools or LACs mostly known only to those within the state.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2025 11:33     Subject: mediocre privates
Is it a christian private?
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2025 11:30     Subject: mediocre privates
Anonymous wrote:While I feel that my privates are perhaps nothing to specifically brag about, I really would not call them mediocre.


Okay I made this comment and am sad it didn’t make anyone but me laugh.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2025 11:17     Subject: mediocre privates
This is true at the mediocre catholic school near us. They send a ton of kids to JMU and CNU which have 75-90% acceptance rates. The public schools nearby have much better college stats.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 13:56     Subject: mediocre privates
Anonymous wrote:Fwiw, a lot of students do not submit their college decisions to the instagram page for privacy reasons. If you are basing your K-12 college placement on Instagram, keep that in mind.


This is VERY true! Many of the boys couldn't be bothered and a good chunk of the girls drag their feet b/c they don't like their pic or sweat over a song choice
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2025 17:06     Subject: mediocre privates
Fwiw, a lot of students do not submit their college decisions to the instagram page for privacy reasons. If you are basing your K-12 college placement on Instagram, keep that in mind.