Anonymous
Post 12/20/2024 16:00     Subject: Bullis or SJC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bullis Class of 2021:

Brown: 1
Cornell: 2
Dartmouth: 3
Harvard: 2
Penn: 3
Yale: 1

SJC does not appear to provide year-specific matriculation data.


That lst for Bullis is very impressive. My kid went to Holton + then HYP. But, she was accepted to Bullis + we found the people to be quite nice. For posters trying to explain this list away with - "oh it's athletic recruits, URMs, legacies"-- I have a newsflash for you-- that is largely the case at your beloved " big3" or whatever. Colleges, including the Ivies do not just want the top grades/test scores, ECs-- they want more than that .

OP for you, since you have 3 kids - St. Johns should be fine. Bullis times three is big bucks.

Good luck with whatever you decide!


Double ivy grad here.

Ivy league admissions are largely not meritocratic and there are lots of people who attend who were not capable of getting top grades or test scores and many capable people who attend other types of schools. We need to stop using “# of ivy” as a yardstick for anything.

Anyways give me an MIT engineer over a Columbia student majoring in trust fund protesting any day of the week.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2024 15:44     Subject: Bullis or SJC
Bullis college placement and academics have been improving since the new HOS a few years back. Still, the haters gonna hate.

But I'm not clear why someone resurrected such an old thread?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2024 15:31     Subject: Re:Bullis or SJC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SJC. Easy decision these days.


I have a kid at SJC, but if I made more $ and lived closer to Bullis, I would consider it. Kids are required to take a religion class every year at SJC. This limits electives. I'd look at the curriculums and decide which you prefer, OP.


Maybe, but is an extra elective work an additional $30k/year?