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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

And Trump admin was mosning about them as only for private school elites. There was an active push to draw more public school numbers. Also- more rural locations.

I read the 3,000 undergrad student cap and the amount of endowment available per student cap was designed to let some smaller conservative colleges, favored by the administration , get out of the endowment tax.

But it did allow Princeton to slip through the cracks of the ivy league endowment tax because they have a much lower number of students.

My kid ended up at his top choice (Tufts). However, her school-based counselor led her to believe she had no chance outside ED. But she wanted to compare offers, and not feel bound or have regrets.

She ignored the advice from counselor and applied RD, and got in! She also got into some LAC reaches that she ended up turning down and some other difficult targets/low reaches. She also got waitlisted/rejected at a few others that seemed like they should be "easier" into with her profile. Oh well. This process seems to be too unpredictable and that's what creates all the confusion and stress.

My advice is to always apply to any school your student is passionate about or just feels like a great fit. You never know what will resonate with these AOs! But also keep low expectations and don't count on anything.

This year had some of the lowest acceptance rates at selective schools on record. But I feel like starting next year, it will get slightly better each year.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year. [/quote]

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins.[b] We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc. [/b][/quote]

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?[/quote]
This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger[/quote]

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.[/quote]

And Trump admin was mosning about them as only for private school elites. There was an active push to draw more public school numbers. Also- more rural locations. [/quote]

+1 statistics only show public vs private- not whether the public was in a $ area

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

And Trump admin was mosning about them as only for private school elites. There was an active push to draw more public school numbers. Also- more rural locations.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

We are in a well funded public school (non-DMV) with many very wealthy families...and out of a class of 500 maybe 3-4 go to ivy. I think even with wealth, its still really hard to get into an ivy

Of course it is. It's still really hard to get into Princeton even if they're generous with their financial aid to try to avoid the endowment tax.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

We are in a well funded public school (non-DMV) with many very wealthy families...and out of a class of 500 maybe 3-4 go to ivy. I think even with wealth, its still really hard to get into an ivy

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

Interesting.
I've seen a big shift to full pay preferences at T20. Like the scholarships kids at our private HS who would have gotten crazy admissions offers this year did not. If the kids were qualified and maybe not truly standout but clearly full pay with parents with big professions (though not connected) - those kids had GREAT outcomes this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

That person has no idea what they are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

This is assuming that public school students get financial aid and private school students do not get financial aid from Princeton. Not sure.

I know plenty of wealthy families sending their kids to public school and then sending them off to ivy League colleges. But they are well funded, excellent public schools in wealthy communities.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

A university's tax is lower based on the # of public school enrollees?

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

This is true for princeton but not sure about the others that are larger

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

What does this mean? Why would Ivies that admit more public-school students be related to avoiding the endowment tax?

Anonymous wrote:The college counselor underestimated my kid. She was continually surprised when he got into reaches and high reaches. I had considered many of the CCO reaches to be targets, and I think I was right. This is my 4th time, so I am pretty good at this game.

Our private counselor underestimated my child too.

Just remember the whole industry makes money off creating the visage that it’s all “impossible” ….without their help.

The schools the counselor was suggesting were schools for B/C students. Horrible experience and what a waste of money!

Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Same. My 2024 got into an Ivy RD and there were about 7 other Ivy admits his year. This year only 1 sport recruit Ivy admit at the school.

It was a tough year for Ivies- but tons of T20-30s and some Duke/MIT/Hopkins. We saw more Ivy admits at publics this year. Due to Trump and avoiding endowment tax, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private high school had more kids than usual get into T30s and fewer get into T10s

So the insta page looks great with Notre Dame and Northwestern and UChicago, but you dont know how those kids were all hoping for HYPSM etc. Where our HS usually sends a couple to each each year.

Northwestern and UChicago are T10.

Not to the public, only to usnews

That's your own weird hangup. Not how our private views it.