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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS last year had 2 Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Penn, Cornell, 3 Brown, 3 Duke, 6 Georgetown, 5 Notre Dame, 3 U. South. California, 2 Duke, Pomona, 7 Boston College, Williams, Amherst, Northeastern, Hopkins, 3 Purdue, 7 UVA…to name a few. This is pretty typical every year. It’s larger- but the top 40 or so kids all go to T10-T20 schools. Yet they don’t go on and like GDS every year.

Which high school is this?
And was it 2 or 3 who matriculated to Duke?

Sorry 2 Duke. Gonzaga. Taken out of Gonzaga’s magazine mailing. Not all kids posted on Instagram. And, no, they weren’t all athletes.

But Gonzaga has almost 250 seniors! That’s nearly twice the number of GDS seniors. From that perspective (based on percentages), GDS tends to do much better than Gonzaga.

So what ? The total number of students is the same going to these elite schools. Gonzaga serves a wide range of socioeconomic and varying backgrounds. They don’t strive to select solely based on $/scires. They want a diverse student body. But, the top 40 or students have the same or better outcomes as the Big 3s.

So if Gonzaga had 500 seniors, and GDS’ number remained at 125, you think both schools are on equal footing if they each send 40 students to T20 universities?!?

I don’t have the time or desire to explain why there is a very big difference between Gonzaga and GDS’ college outcomes. Be well.

Gonzaga has 224 Seniors, not 500.

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS last year had 2 Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Penn, Cornell, 3 Brown, 3 Duke, 6 Georgetown, 5 Notre Dame, 3 U. South. California, 2 Duke, Pomona, 7 Boston College, Williams, Amherst, Northeastern, Hopkins, 3 Purdue, 7 UVA…to name a few. This is pretty typical every year. It’s larger- but the top 40 or so kids all go to T10-T20 schools. Yet they don’t go on and like GDS every year.

Which high school is this?
And was it 2 or 3 who matriculated to Duke?

Sorry 2 Duke. Gonzaga. Taken out of Gonzaga’s magazine mailing. Not all kids posted on Instagram. And, no, they weren’t all athletes.

But Gonzaga has almost 250 seniors! That’s nearly twice the number of GDS seniors. From that perspective (based on percentages), GDS tends to do much better than Gonzaga.

So what ? The total number of students is the same going to these elite schools. Gonzaga serves a wide range of socioeconomic and varying backgrounds. They don’t strive to select solely based on $/scires. They want a diverse student body. But, the top 40 or students have the same or better outcomes as the Big 3s.

So if Gonzaga had 500 seniors, and GDS’ number remained at 125, you think both schools are on equal footing if they each send 40 students to T20 universities?!?

I don’t have the time or desire to explain why there is a very big difference between Gonzaga and GDS’ college outcomes. Be well.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS last year had 2 Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Penn, Cornell, 3 Brown, 3 Duke, 6 Georgetown, 5 Notre Dame, 3 U. South. California, 2 Duke, Pomona, 7 Boston College, Williams, Amherst, Northeastern, Hopkins, 3 Purdue, 7 UVA…to name a few. This is pretty typical every year. It’s larger- but the top 40 or so kids all go to T10-T20 schools. Yet they don’t go on and like GDS every year.

Which high school is this?
And was it 2 or 3 who matriculated to Duke?

Sorry 2 Duke. Gonzaga. Taken out of Gonzaga’s magazine mailing. Not all kids posted on Instagram. And, no, they weren’t all athletes.

But Gonzaga has almost 250 seniors! That’s nearly twice the number of GDS seniors. From that perspective (based on percentages), GDS tends to do much better than Gonzaga.

So what ? The total number of students is the same going to these elite schools. Gonzaga serves a wide range of socioeconomic and varying backgrounds. They don’t strive to select solely based on $/scires. They want a diverse student body. But, the top 40 or students have the same or better outcomes as the Big 3s.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS last year had 2 Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Penn, Cornell, 3 Brown, 3 Duke, 6 Georgetown, 5 Notre Dame, 3 U. South. California, 2 Duke, Pomona, 7 Boston College, Williams, Amherst, Northeastern, Hopkins, 3 Purdue, 7 UVA…to name a few. This is pretty typical every year. It’s larger- but the top 40 or so kids all go to T10-T20 schools. Yet they don’t go on and like GDS every year.

Which high school is this?
And was it 2 or 3 who matriculated to Duke?

Sorry 2 Duke. Gonzaga. Taken out of Gonzaga’s magazine mailing. Not all kids posted on Instagram. And, no, they weren’t all athletes.

But Gonzaga has almost 250 seniors! That’s nearly twice the number of GDS seniors. From that perspective (based on percentages), GDS tends to do much better than Gonzaga.

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Anonymous wrote:You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

Someone is saying the quiet part loud.

Except college admissions is not the primary reason people send their kids to private school. It's social and wealth segregation. Plus many are aware their kids are not necessarily the best and the brightest. Small classes and engaged teachers help them develop and the guidance counselors steer them toward the schools that are good fits for their accomplishments and abilities.

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

Someone is saying the quiet part loud.

Except college admissions is not the primary reason people send their kids to private school. It's social and wealth segregation. Plus many are aware their kids are not necessarily the best and the brightest. Small classes and engaged teachers help them develop and the guidance counselors steer them toward the schools that are good fits for their accomplishments and abilities.

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Anonymous wrote:You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

Someone is saying the quiet part loud.

Anonymous wrote:You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Day:

Yale, Princeton, Cornell, 2 Barnards, 2 Northwesterns, 3 Northeasterns, 3 Wesleyans, 2 BC's, 2 Skidmores, 2 Spellmans, Wellesley, Lafayette, Middlebury, Tulane, UVM, Carleton, WPI, Occidental

Id be livid to spend GDS money for a child destined for Wesleyan, skidmore, Spelman, Lafayette, Middlebury, especially Tulane (seriously wtf?), UVM, Carleton, and omg WPI? You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

Wesleyan is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. You are daft. Lafayette is a great school. Spelman attracts top AA applicants. Again, you are daft.