Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 16:47     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Top 10% HACK/Lower Level ivies
High EC 10-20% Top Ivies
20-40% UChicago/JHU/ tier 2 lacs


what is HACK?


HACK is a new one on me.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 16:45     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Level one: HYPSM, Berkeley, UVA, etc.
Level two: BC, Tufts, Tulane, etc.
Level three: GMU, VT, JMU, etc.

No one's going to say anything about this?


Makes sense to me.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 16:33     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:our the private school my kid just graduated from, the kids actually edited each others essays. my kid was in SCEA and still spend his xmas break reworking essays for other kids. they know a lot.

That's a lot of trust...I could see this kind of endeavor going awry at much more cutthroat schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 16:18     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:Top 10% HACK/Lower Level ivies
High EC 10-20% Top Ivies
20-40% UChicago/JHU/ tier 2 lacs


what is HACK?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 16:02     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:How do you all know so much about the intimate details of your kid’s classmates and their college applications. It’s scary. It really is.


our the private school my kid just graduated from, the kids actually edited each others essays. my kid was in SCEA and still spend his xmas break reworking essays for other kids. they know a lot.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 15:44     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Top 10% HACK/Lower Level ivies
High EC 10-20% Top Ivies
20-40% UChicago/JHU/ tier 2 lacs
Stop trying to make fetch happen.


Everything about this cries WHACK
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 15:37     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:How do you all know so much about the intimate details of your kid’s classmates and their college applications. It’s scary. It really is.

Yeah, I can tell you where people from my kid's school are going, but even their best friends' profiles are a mystery to me. I can tell you "these kids are in the highest-level math class with my kid, and they're going to Chicago, Wellesley, W&M, Harvey Mudd", but I have no idea what their grades are like. I know some of the ECs that some kids have, and know a few of my kid's friends who have an afternoon/weekend job, but — even as an involved parent — there's no way I have a comprehensive view into what these students are bringing to the table.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 15:28     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:Top 10% HACK/Lower Level ivies
High EC 10-20% Top Ivies
20-40% UChicago/JHU/ tier 2 lacs
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 15:25     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
How do you all know so much about the intimate details of your kid’s classmates and their college applications. It’s scary. It really is.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 15:23     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Top 10% HACK/Lower Level ivies
High EC 10-20% Top Ivies
20-40% UChicago/JHU/ tier 2 lacs
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 14:21     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At DC’s private school, over the past couple of years:

Top 10 percent: Harvard, Yale, Duke, Chicago, etc.
Next decile: Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Chicago, etc.
Next decile: Michigan, UVA, BC, etc.


Similar except swap Stanford and Chicago and add Northwestern to the 2nd group.


I agree. Chicago is not for top decile but Stanford is. Duke is mainly for connected or rich students at our private.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 13:47     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:At DC’s private school, over the past couple of years:

Top 10 percent: Harvard, Yale, Duke, Chicago, etc.
Next decile: Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Chicago, etc.
Next decile: Michigan, UVA, BC, etc.


Similar except swap Stanford and Chicago and add Northwestern to the 2nd group.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 13:27     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:At our school it is all over the place. Many students choose the school that gives them the best scholarship. The top students often go full ride to lower ranked colleges. Some classmates with lower stats will go to higher ranked schools but with lower merit awards.



At a private high school kids are going for full ride scholarships?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 13:26     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:--Top 10% or high stats + hook: HYPSM+ Wharton
--High stats, missing national level ECs or hook: Duke, Northwestern, Brown, Penn, Chicago
--High stats + normal ECs OR some flaw on their record (like a bad grade or two) - Cornell, Georgetown, JHU, Berkeley, UCLA, Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, WASP


This is spot on.


Not at our private school- all 8 Ivies, Duke and Hopkins were top 5%. Followed by Georgetown, Notre Dame.


At a small school how many can possibly be in the top 5%? Do you have a massive grade inflation? At our private 40% of the class is going T20, with another 10-15 at those in the T20-T25.

No grade inflation (deflation actual). No GPA published in transcript.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 11:39     Subject: Which level kid goes to which schools
At our school it is all over the place. Many students choose the school that gives them the best scholarship. The top students often go full ride to lower ranked colleges. Some classmates with lower stats will go to higher ranked schools but with lower merit awards.