Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:25
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:These threads always devolve into public college parents throwing temper tantrums. Every time. Maryland is a very good flagship with a 40 percent acceptance rate, I’m sorry that triggers you.
Not really. Last cycle DC graduated from Blair Magnet with 1 B in their entire academic career. Top ECs and leadership. NMSF (dime a dozen at Blair Magnet, 42 out of 105 students in fall 2024). Applied UMD-CP EA. Got in, but not in Honors College, which meant did not qualify for Banneker-Key or any other significant merit aid.
Did a lot better with top privates. Accepted in multiple T-10 and T-20 schools, some with with merit aid. Recruited athlete with merit aid at a T-10. Full ride at a T-20 (selection rate 0.02% from applicants). But again, no merit aid at UMD-CP.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:24
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
For all those saying cost is not an issue - how loaded are you?! We are still in the financial planning/saving stages (oldest is in 8th grade) but we will be full pay, and we are trying to fund each kid's 529 to cover 4 years each of private tuition prior to their start date such that we can then cash flow room a and board board. We have 3 kids. That said, we will definitely encourage them to look at public schools or chase merit, so there will be some left for grad school or even just helping them launch (with a car, some rent help, etc.) I think we are doing very well financially and consider us to be pretty disciplined with our spending, but I'm wondering how so many are able to not even consider list price of colleges.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:23
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.
Sorry you suffer from an insecurity complex.
I dont think its insecurity. What are you paying extra for exactly? Small class sizes? Just do an honors program if thats the case. You need a prestigious name to cut through the 1000 applications jobs get nowadays.
Because I think the privates we are discussing our better than almost all public’s, including their honor colleges. Most people who are full pay feel the same. You do you.
Are better than
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:22
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.
Sorry you suffer from an insecurity complex.
I dont think its insecurity. What are you paying extra for exactly? Small class sizes? Just do an honors program if thats the case. You need a prestigious name to cut through the 1000 applications jobs get nowadays.
Because I think the privates we are discussing our better than almost all public’s, including their honor colleges. Most people who are full pay feel the same. You do you.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:20
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
UVA, Michigan, Wisconsin, UNC, UTexas, UFlorida, UGa, and the entire Cal publics are better than those 4 privates. Waste of money.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:20
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All these types of schools, BC, Tulane, Emory, Miami, GWU provide a great education. Many spend $20k or $30k a year on Catholic schools, so paying for a private school for a large percentage of people is part of the privilege of having money.
Emory-24
BC-36
Tufts-37
GWU- 59
Umiami-64
Tulane-69
You're trying to piss off Emorymom.
Succesfully? 😁
Doubt it, but Every Tufts parent think its a peer with Emory. They hate to be reminded Tufts is only T40.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:18
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All these types of schools, BC, Tulane, Emory, Miami, GWU provide a great education. Many spend $20k or $30k a year on Catholic schools, so paying for a private school for a large percentage of people is part of the privilege of having money.
Stop trying to elevate mediocre schools by adding Emory into it. Its very transparent. If Tufts and BC were comparable to a T25, they would be in the T25.
Meanwhile you're calling schools ranked 37 "mediocre."
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:18
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.
Sorry you suffer from an insecurity complex.
I dont think its insecurity. What are you paying extra for exactly? Small class sizes? Just do an honors program if thats the case. You need a prestigious name to cut through the 1000 applications jobs get nowadays.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:17
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All these types of schools, BC, Tulane, Emory, Miami, GWU provide a great education. Many spend $20k or $30k a year on Catholic schools, so paying for a private school for a large percentage of people is part of the privilege of having money.
Emory-24
BC-36
Tufts-37
GWU- 59
Umiami-64
Tulane-69
You're trying to piss off Emorymom.
Succesfully? 😁
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:16
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
These threads always devolve into public college parents throwing temper tantrums. Every time. Maryland is a very good flagship with a 40 percent acceptance rate, I’m sorry that triggers you.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:15
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:All these types of schools, BC, Tulane, Emory, Miami, GWU provide a great education. Many spend $20k or $30k a year on Catholic schools, so paying for a private school for a large percentage of people is part of the privilege of having money.
Emory-24
BC-36
Tufts-37
GWU- 59
Umiami-64
Tulane-69
You're trying to piss off Emorymom.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:14
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.
Sorry you suffer from an insecurity complex.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:12
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:12
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Worth the investment going forward? I'm talking about Tufts, BC, Tulane, Wake, Brandies etc.
Their lower endowments make me concerned they'll lose brand power in the Trump era; while costing the same as T20/25 schools. If DC can't get into Georgetown or similar, should they just go to UMD?
"Just" go to UMD? If your DC is considering privates in T30-70 you mentioned (which BTW are great schools for the right kids) then unlikely that they have what it takes to get in UMD. If your DC is in-state and from the W schools, anything less than UW 4.0 is a red flag for UMD admission, and that is for EA round. Zero chance to be accepted in RD round. If in-state and from a non W school outside Montgomery County, then much better chance. If you are out of state and full pay, then your DC chances in getting the T30-70 schools mentioned is significantly greater than getting to UMD as OOS.
For reference look at the CDS UMDCP (92% admitted has UW GPA 4.0). Compare that to the CDS of the schools mentioned above. Again, those schools provide great educational value for the right students.
The acceptance rate for UMD is twice that of any of the privates mentioned. It is indeed an easier admit, even with the rampant grade inflation In Montgomery county public schools.
Your logic fails you. Northeastern class of 2029 acceptance rate is 5.6%. Johns Hopkins class of 2029 acceptance rate is 6.4%. Hence, according to you Johns Hopkins must be an easier admit than Northeastern. Please reconsider
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:10
Subject: Are the private schools ranked 30-70...
Anonymous wrote:Save the money. UNC and UMass outcomes are better or equal to Wake and BC.
Umass and BC don’t have similar outcomes in boston
It is actually pretty rare to see umass gear in back bay
Much more common to see nescacs and bc