Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:05
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Bless her heart
This. People turn down ivies for full rides elsewhere or better programs for their major (cmu for cs over an ivy).
Yes it’s why nobody from APS went to Princeton last year. Which has the best need based blind aid in the US
I have no idea what you are trying to say. Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or stating facts
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:03
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can use Georgetown as a proxy for TT schools that are test required. 25th %-ile is around 1400.
Which is why out counselor always said aim for above 700 in each section and you have met the threshhold for nearly every college.
What is "Threshold"? Up to25% got below 25%ile. To some extent 75%ile is a boosting factor like other achievements (since it goes into the stupid USNews ranking)
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:02
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Wait. Do you really think these are ALL of the acceptances?
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:01
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS (the entire county--all the W schools, etc) sent 4 kids to Harvard last year, 4 to Dartmouth, 6 to Columbia, 8 to Princeton, 11 to Yale.
That includes legacies, athletes, URMs, etc so you can cut those numbers in half (at least) for the unhooked. Probably even by 75%.
That would mean (very optimistically--assuming the unhooked are 50% of total numbers): 2 unhooked to Harvard, 2 to Dartmouth, 3 to Columbia, 4 to Princeton, 5 to Yale. Out of an entire county where hundreds and hundreds of high achieving kids applied. But yes, go head and submit that 1400. I'm sure your number will be picked.
Do public school parents not have access to Naviance? It's the dose of reality that a lot of parents of "high stats" kids need.
Anyone who uses "high stats" is stupid. 60%ile 90%ile, and 99.9%ile are all "high stats" .
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:59
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
What did surprise me was that schools and USNews kept promoting these clearly nonsense "not even wrong" numbers, amusingly at the same time that some schools were making a fuss about rejecting kids for studying statistics instead of calculus!
School profile reporting under TO was the nail in the coffin confirming to me that college admissions is total bullshìt.
School profile reporting under TO was the nail in the coffin confirming to me that college admissions is total bullshìt.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:57
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The thing is, those lower scores are NOT AT ALL relevant if you're coming from a school in the DMV with a cohort of high performing students.
You're compared first and foremost against classmates and then your school district. Look at the stats for how many kids apply to each Ivy from a single high school in MCPS (or FCPS) or then the district at-large. It's dozens and dozens and then 1 or 2 will be admitted across the entire county. You can be sure that the 1 or 2 admits do not have an SAT in the 1400s.
The same goes for the top DMV privates. There will be 15 kids who apply to Brown (for example). Any admitted unhooked will be an
academic superstar with SAT of 1550+. This 100% was the reality last year when my oldest kid was a senior.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. I believe there are multiple ivy admits at every FCPS school per the school’s senior year instagram posts.
There were 41 freshman students enrolled at Yale from the entirety of Virginia last year.
That's actually a lot when consdiered as a percentage by state and territory. Take out 11% international in a freshman class, divide by the states and territories.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:51
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:You can use Georgetown as a proxy for TT schools that are test required. 25th %-ile is around 1400.
Which is why out counselor always said aim for above 700 in each section and you have met the threshhold for nearly every college.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:48
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:MCPS (the entire county--all the W schools, etc) sent 4 kids to Harvard last year, 4 to Dartmouth, 6 to Columbia, 8 to Princeton, 11 to Yale.
That includes legacies, athletes, URMs, etc so you can cut those numbers in half (at least) for the unhooked. Probably even by 75%.
That would mean (very optimistically--assuming the unhooked are 50% of total numbers): 2 unhooked to Harvard, 2 to Dartmouth, 3 to Columbia, 4 to Princeton, 5 to Yale. Out of an entire county where hundreds and hundreds of high achieving kids applied. But yes, go head and submit that 1400. I'm sure your number will be picked.
Do public school parents not have access to Naviance? It's the dose of reality that a lot of parents of "high stats" kids need.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:46
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Bless her heart
This. People turn down ivies for full rides elsewhere or better programs for their major (cmu for cs over an ivy).
Yes it’s why nobody from APS went to Princeton last year
Need based…yes…but donut hole families don’t qualify for that…but they do at top 20s that offer free rides. You are making things up. I know families who have turned ivies down for free rides elsewhere. Smart
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:44
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
What does this all mean?
More athletes and legacy with lower scores? Or higher acceptance in North Dakota, Alabama type places for more diversity?
More athletes and legacy with lower scores? Or higher acceptance in North Dakota, Alabama type places for more diversity?
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:37
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Bless her heart
This. People turn down ivies for full rides elsewhere or better programs for their major (cmu for cs over an ivy).
Yes it’s why nobody from APS went to Princeton last year
. Which has the best need based blind aid in the US
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:37
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Only on DCUM-land. And they all had 1400 SATs. The hundreds and hundreds of rejections that were reported? They must have had 1200s.
Keep drinking the koolaid, class of 2026 moms. Report back here in a year.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:36
Subject: Re:Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
The newbies will see once the results start showing up in their kids’ portals. It’s humbling.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:35
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Bless her heart
This. People turn down ivies for full rides elsewhere or better programs for their major (cmu for cs over an ivy).
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:34
Subject: Brown's 25% SAT scores fall after going test mandatory
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. PP considered only Yale, not all Ivies, so both of you are correct.
Look at Arlington County publics. Arlington Magazine. Out of 4 high schools - 2,000 seniors only 0-2 total students are admitted to one of the Ivies, Duke, etc any give year.
Here’s the link:
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions/
I can’t believe this actually needs to be said, but…
Arlington Magazine doesn’t report ALL admissions (or matriculations).
It’s self-reported data.
This. I don’t understand others not understanding this.
Do you really think there are all of these Ivy acceptances that didn’t get reported?
Bless her heart