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Anonymous wrote:I mean, this is very obvious. In the 21st century it is not the priority of top Ivy League colleges to open the doors to graduates of rich and fancy prep schools. Their priorities are elsewhere. Anyone who thinks that sending their kid to a big three gives them an edge is about two decades behind the Times.

Colleges are a business—now and forever. It is absolutely the priority of highly selective colleges to admit wealthy, well prepared private school students. They will falter if they become a true meritocracy. That’s why need aware has made a resurgence. Full pay is also a hook.

You are clueless. We are talking about Ivy League colleges. They are not need aware. They have more money than God.

“Admitting a high proportion of private school students serves elite universities’ interests. During and after college, graduates from private schools are likely to outperform their public school peers. For example, in 2020, The Daily Princetonian reported, two-thirds of Princeton’s American Rhodes scholars attended private high schools, and the Association of Boarding Schools bragged in 2010 that its alumni are “3,000 percent more likely” to become Rhodes scholars than the average student. Prestigious postgraduate scholarships — or fancy postgraduation jobs — can help make a college more attractive to its deep-pocketed alumni and the next crop of prospective students.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

This article is pretty much saying the same thing:

“Private prep schools seem to be the key to success when it comes to getting into an elite college like Dartmouth. After all, 34% of Dartmouth’s Class of 2025 went to “Independent Schools” while only 14% of U.S. high schoolers attend such institutions. What about private school applicants makes them so desirable to Ivy+ colleges and universities? Is it that these students are smarter, more athletic or more interesting? No. It’s the delicious scent of money wafting from these candidates that keep elite colleges feeding from a handful of high-level prep schools.

When I think of private schools, the first thing that pops into my mind is money. Many wealthy parents send their children to the best institutions money can buy, starting as early as preschool. At an institution as selective as Dartmouth, it’s also important to specify that the “Independent Schools” it pulls from (at least largely) aren’t just any old private high schools — they are elite college prep schools that turn students into premier applicants and come with built-in connections to Ivy+ colleges.

After attending public school through the eighth grade, I switched to an all-girls private school in Washington, D.C. Going from a class of 500 to a class of 74 was a shock, but the true jolt was adapting to the pure wealth and privilege surrounding me. I consider my family to be very well off, but my peers made me feel like a pauper. Although there are a fair number of students on financial aid at exclusive high schools, the majority of the student body comes from rich, well-connected families.”

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

Comparing a private school class of 80 to a public school of 600 is ridiculous. Public schools don't select their students.

Yes, Whitman’s college results make it very clear that they’re not selecting their students. There’s a broad range of abilities and work ethic.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

Comparing a private school class of 80 to a public school of 600 is ridiculous. Public schools don't select their students.

That’s such a tired excuse. Aren’t you all the same people who say lifers are dumb?

That's a fact, duh.

So then they’re not selecting their students for intelligence. Can’t have it both ways, duh.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

Comparing a private school class of 80 to a public school of 600 is ridiculous. Public schools don't select their students.

That’s such a tired excuse. Aren’t you all the same people who say lifers are dumb?

That's a fact, duh.

The CCOs play less & less of a role every year. It’s not 2000; these high schools aren’t calling AOs & “placing” students in particular colleges anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

Comparing a private school class of 80 to a public school of 600 is ridiculous. Public schools don't select their students.

That’s such a tired excuse. Aren’t you all the same people who say lifers are dumb?

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

Comparing a private school class of 80 to a public school of 600 is ridiculous. Public schools don't select their students.

Maret cleaned up!

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

Tell yourself whatever you need to believe. Whitman (or BCC) did not outperform Maret in college admissions this year, or any year in recent memory.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is cleaning up this year, and did well last year. Someone in the admissions office deserves a raise.

They did well the year before last too (2021)

Oxford
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Harvard (2)
Chicago
Michigan
Pomona
Brown (2)
Williams
Dartmouth
Georgetown
+more top LACs

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2021?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think Sidwell did a little better. I know they’re sending more students to Ivies (plus one to MIT).

This post was so unnecessary. I was pointing out to the PP that it’s not just this year and last year that Maret has done quite wells but the year before as well.

Also good to note that Maret has 75-85 graduates each year.

But this year (2023)

Maret has
Harvard - 2
Penn - 6
Yale - 3
Brown -1
Cornell - 1

Not all have posted individually on the IG but some did a video on college gear day. This year is 85 kids so 15% Ivy.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crt-iE3PEUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes but similar to kids at Whitman less 2 ivys …for free!

Whitman has about 600 graduating seniors…Maret has 80. Maret is still sending more students to Ivies and top 50 schools.

Free? It looks like you get what you pay for.

This is such baloney! My kid goes to BCC and they have incredible results this year. Of course not everyone posted but I work in administration and they have an off-the-charts year and my colleges at Whitman report the same. Taking a look at private instagram pages, all I can say is same-same. You probably don't have all the kids posting and certainly my daughter and friends don't post. Neither to many of the URM who have independently have had a stellar year. Same with D1 recruits and crew too.

^ “The 25 best private high schools in America”

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Oh come on. Let’s not be disingenuous here. I can find many lists. Niche has one. I see gds at 30th place.
Business insider has another. sTA is 43rd nationally on that one. We can go on.

https://www.businessinsider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2016-3#43-st-albans-school-8

And this list puts Sidwell at #15. These lists are not difficult to find.

https://www.insider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2017-8#15-sidwell-friends-school-11

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Oh come on. Let’s not be disingenuous here. I can find many lists. Niche has one. I see gds at 30th place.
Business insider has another. sTA is 43rd nationally on that one. We can go on.

https://www.businessinsider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2016-3#43-st-albans-school-8

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Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly possible for a private school to deflate in general and provide targeted inflation for donor kids.

Could you explain this? How did they do this? I think this might be true.

I'm not PP but one way this can happen (not via teacher grading) is for some families to know which courses to take that will best support high GPA. For example, if you know you have a hook, you may not need to take the most rigorous courses - easier courseload leads to higher GPA. The hard part of this equation, though, is it doesn't apply for a non-hooked kid. They take harder courseload and have a high GPA (with maybe a few extra A- vs A) but are shut out of T20. But they can't assume they'd do better in T20 if they took the easier courseload with a 4.0 outcome - because they probably would not. Suppose they were accepted to a T40 with the higher courseload - that may not have happened if they took the easier route.

Oh my. I pay way to much to have to game the system for my non hooked kids. I thought sending him to a private will be the hook. He is not a sport kid. Well he is but not good enough to make a team beyond Freshman year. And he is ok in academics but not a natural super star. I was hoping he can get into a top 40 from my fancy school. Is this to hopeful? I am assuming he'll have A's and A's with a sprinkle of a B here or there if they really won't grade inflate. What can I do to help him stand out? He likes clubs but isn't the kids to "lead" or get elected. Help from unhooked. What do you recommend?

Personally I think private is a much better bet for the average kid. You’re almost certainly going to get into a top 50 if you’re average at a top private school.

That's not true this year. Especially for boys looking to study engineering, CS. Even super strong students landed outside of top 50.

Which schools are you referring to? I am referring to top privates in the country.

No school in this area is one of the “top privates in the country.”

Sidwell, STA, NCS, and GDS are definitely considered top privates nationally. All of these schools regularly appear on “Best private schools in the US” lists. These schools pretty much makes every top 25 to 50 list of best private schools in the country (out of tens of thousands of private schools).

I’d love to see that source.

I can only find this one that has NCS, Potomac, Maret, then Sidwell (in that order). No GDS and no STA. We need to stop with the Big 3 rhetoric.

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/

Here you go (rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/

https://m.university-list.net/us/rank/school-300001.html

https://www.insider.com/best-private-high-schools-in-america-2017-8

Articles from national publications that highlight these schools’ elite status and national profile:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a23652168/brett-kavanaugh-washington-dc-private-schools/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22sidwell.html?_r=1&em

there is literally no way to 'rate" these schools. The new england boarding schools have the tradition, but beyond that, there are a handful of "nationally known" schools - Harvard-Westlake, Lakeside and Ponahou mostly.