Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 15:02     Subject: Einstein/Blair and college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But is it unequal because there aren't as many qualified and interested applicants or because it's actually harder to get in from Einstein?


In avg, kids from W schools and magnets will have higher stats than kids from Einstein. So, I guess you could say there are more qualified kids from a W school than E.


So for an individual student it makes no difference what school they attend for college admissions
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 12:29     Subject: Einstein/Blair and college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An Einstein kid is at an advantage over W because the quotas hurt W kids at the most selective schools.


There are quotas?


NP - I think PP meant "soft quotas" - not technically a quota per se but colleges don't like picking all of their kids from the same HS. One of the reasons kids with excellent stats/EC from magnet/IB can't get into Ivies, M, and S.

A kid from Einstein may have an advantage over a kid from W-school providing they have equal qualifications.


A kid at a W school may have an advantage over a kid from Einstein in achieving those qualifications. Stronger peer groups matter.


For average student maybe... But top student, not so much.

Of course a top student at a W school could get caught up in the high stakes house parties.