Anonymous wrote:STAs most recent class placements are an interesting indication. More than 20 out of the 80 or so kids went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Chicago. A bunch more went to Duke, Vandy, Penn, Cornell, Columbia and NYU. When 50 or so out of 80 do that well ( and many of the others went to UNC, Michigan, Wash U, Amherst, and the like) there is something positive going on.

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Anonymous wrote:If in the top 10% of the class, yes, they will be in good shape. After that, no, I don't think it confers much advantage these days.

I agree with this. The problem being that it's really not easy to be in the top 10%. Pretty much everyone at a big3 for high school is very smart. Being in the top 10% is reserved for kids who study non-stop at the expense of almost everything else.
I'm beginning to realize that college admissions-wise my kids my kids would have been better off or just as good in public. They're well rounded kids--they work hard and do well in school, they play travel sports, they volunteer, they have active social lives---
but they're not going to be in the top 10%. That is reserved for the kids who are compulsive about school (more power to them but it's not most kids).

agree totally with this.

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Anonymous wrote:If in the top 10% of the class, yes, they will be in good shape. After that, no, I don't think it confers much advantage these days.

I agree with this. The problem being that it's really not easy to be in the top 10%. Pretty much everyone at a big3 for high school is very smart. Being in the top 10% is reserved for kids who study non-stop at the expense of almost everything else.
I'm beginning to realize that college admissions-wise my kids my kids would have been better off or just as good in public. They're well rounded kids--they work hard and do well in school, they play travel sports, they volunteer, they have active social lives---
but they're not going to be in the top 10%. That is reserved for the kids who are compulsive about school (more power to them but it's not most kids).

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Being a legacy is an enormous advantage. Look at the statistics.

And there are more legacies who attend public schools. Look at the statistics.

No, that's not right. Students admitted to selective colleges from private schools are admitted only because they are legacies or rich. Students admitted to selective college from public schools earn their way through hard work, test scores and an unrelenting love of STEM.

It is an undeniable fact that every HYPS alum who lives in DC sends their child to private school.

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Being a legacy is an enormous advantage. Look at the statistics.

And there are more legacies who attend public schools. Look at the statistics.

No, that's not right. Students admitted to selective colleges from private schools are admitted only because they are legacies or rich. Students admitted to selective college from public schools earn their way through hard work, test scores and an unrelenting love of STEM.

It is an undeniable fact that every HYPS alum who lives in DC sends their child to private school.

Is this a joke? My kids attend a NW DCPS public and there are dozens of HYPS parents in the school. You can pick any class and you'd find a half dozen. Many with Ivy law or medical degrees as well. My neighbors have 4 Harvard degrees between them and send their kids to our DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Being a legacy is an enormous advantage. Look at the statistics.

And there are more legacies who attend public schools. Look at the statistics.

No, that's not right. Students admitted to selective colleges from private schools are admitted only because they are legacies or rich. Students admitted to selective college from public schools earn their way through hard work, test scores and an unrelenting love of STEM.

It is an undeniable fact that every HYPS alum who lives in DC sends their child to private school.

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Being a legacy is an enormous advantage. Look at the statistics.

And there are more legacies who attend public schools. Look at the statistics.

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Being a legacy is an enormous advantage. Look at the statistics.

Anonymous wrote:Legacy bumps are not nearly as big as they used to be. Too many out there applying, from public and private.

Anonymous wrote:DC is a transient area. I am surprised there are that many legacies.

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Anonymous wrote:STAs most recent class placements are an interesting indication. More than 20 out of the 80 or so kids went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Chicago. A bunch more went to Duke, Vandy, Penn, Cornell, Columbia and NYU. When 50 or so out of 80 do that well ( and many of the others went to UNC, Michigan, Wash U, Amherst, and the like) there is something positive going on.

The STA student body includes a lot of legacy kids and kids of parents who have development donor potential ($$$$) which inflates their admissions.

Anonymous wrote:DC is a transient area. I am surprised there are that many legacies.