Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:11
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:LACs in the 40-60 USNWR range: Union, Dickinson, Sewanee, Gettysburg, Conn College, Rhodes, etc.
Imagine paying $45-50k a year for private high school and your kids end up attending these mediocre no-name colleges, lmao.
+1
Right! Just go to public school and save $$$
Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:10
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
At our school, average kids could go to places like Wisconsin/Illinois/Purdue, Tulane/BU/NYU (only if ED), and Denison/Oberlin/Lafayette. Not in DC area.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:09
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:When I think of these kids I think of SMU.
I’m honking JMU, UMBC, Towson, Delaware
Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:08
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:If your kid was around the middle of their private, but not Big 3 class, where did they end up? My junior is getting the feedback from many people that they should reach higher, so I am curious where other similar kids have ended up.
Kid is truly in the middle of the class in most ways. Mix of honors and on level classes, highest math is AP Stats (no calculus). UW GPA and test scores around the 50th %ile for the class. Good EC's but nothing amazing.
Avg Private School Kid end up at an average State School.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:07
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:LACs in the 40-60 USNWR range: Union, Dickinson, Sewanee, Gettysburg, Conn College, Rhodes, etc.
Imagine paying $45-50k a year for private high school and your kids end up attending these mediocre no-name colleges, lmao.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 16:00
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Like SMU but not as good athletics.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:51
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:What’s the attraction of Wake and BC? Don’t see them as overlaps with Wake being more non-Catholic and BC the reverse.
Both medium sized and preppier than average with pretty campuses.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:37
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
They feel very similar when you visit. Preppy, mostly white, not quirky but smart kids who are serious about academics. My kids (junior and senior) liked the feel of each but ended up applying elsewhere for a variety of reasons.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:24
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:What’s the attraction of Wake and BC? Don’t see them as overlaps with Wake being more non-Catholic and BC the reverse.
Unicon size, small classes (especially at Wake), good ACC sports, social kids.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:21
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:What’s the attraction of Wake and BC? Don’t see them as overlaps with Wake being more non-Catholic and BC the reverse.
They are schools decent but not outstanding students can get into that sound respectable enough to most people.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:21
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
I am not asking for advice, just for info. My kid likes his current list, and if a lot of them are safeties that just means he will have more choices and possibly more merit aid.
It does sound as though he is aiming lower than other people in the same boat.
It does sound as though he is aiming lower than other people in the same boat.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:18
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
What’s the attraction of Wake and BC? Don’t see them as overlaps with Wake being more non-Catholic and BC the reverse.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:01
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Wake thing works at our non-DMV based private for mid to lower third of the class. It is a very respected way to solve your kids college placement issues early in the process.
Not in DMV. Check your own schools stats. Talk to older parents. What works at my school may not work at yours.
Sure, they take the bottom third from your private and from the top third at dmv schools. I’m sure that’s true and you aren’t a troll. Same for the BC info, clearly false.
Op you got some helpful advice from some posters but not this one.
BC much harder than Wake ED0 at our non-DMV private.
It’s such a self own to admit your kids school sends top third students to Wake.
You sound like a truly lovely person with no issues you need to work through. Bless your heart.
+1 I have a top (possibly actual top and if not top 5 in their school) kid with mid 1500s going to a school similar to wake because of merit and, more importantly, that’s where they wanted to go.
Should’ve saved for Duke or Vanderbilt.
Dp and you are literally the worst. People probably run to avoid you when they see you irl.
They don’t. I’m fun and good looking and rich.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 14:58
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Being DCUM, surely our children are all above average.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 14:56
Subject: Where did you average private school kid end up?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Wake thing works at our non-DMV based private for mid to lower third of the class. It is a very respected way to solve your kids college placement issues early in the process.
Not in DMV. Check your own schools stats. Talk to older parents. What works at my school may not work at yours.
Sure, they take the bottom third from your private and from the top third at dmv schools. I’m sure that’s true and you aren’t a troll. Same for the BC info, clearly false.
Op you got some helpful advice from some posters but not this one.
BC much harder than Wake ED0 at our non-DMV private.
It’s such a self own to admit your kids school sends top third students to Wake.
You sound like a truly lovely person with no issues you need to work through. Bless your heart.
+1 I have a top (possibly actual top and if not top 5 in their school) kid with mid 1500s going to a school similar to wake because of merit and, more importantly, that’s where they wanted to go.
Should’ve saved for Duke or Vanderbilt.
Dp and you are literally the worst. People probably run to avoid you when they see you irl.