NYC Schools
- NYC Schools ANy intel here about when exactly in May NYC DOE middle school decisions are coming out?
- "Later this month" was what I heard yesterday.
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- Same thing happened at booker t. More issues with behavior and stupid kids who can't keep up
- NYC Schools This post has been disliked 4 times. SO on the regular decision post. At my kids small NYC private school, I know of acceptances at Brown, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, Wesleyan and Duke. But many of the kids who...(more)
- are they white? First generation?
- One was first generation. But several were white, non-legacy kids.
- private school. private school.
- shhhh. they dont want to admit that.
- I'm the OP. It is partly private school. But even within that, you have randomness. As I mentioned below, the top student in the class wasn't accepted at those places.
- I disagree
- With what? It's just a fact. The student with the highest grades and highest scores wasn't accepted.
- I disagree
- I'm the OP. It is partly private school. But even within that, you have randomness. As I mentioned below, the top student in the class wasn't accepted at those places.
- shhhh. they dont want to admit that.
- private school. private school.
- One was first generation. But several were white, non-legacy kids.
- So....you added nothing new to the conversation
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- I know but most of us always say - elite college admissions are random once you meet the threshold
- OP here. I totally agree. But I think there are some here who don't realize how random it is.
- It's not random, it's opaque.
- If you think this, you don't understand statistics and probability. I guess it depends on how you define random. It is random in the sense that you run the same scenario 1000...(more)
- Haha, OR. Hope you are still on. This is exhibit A for people who don't understand.
- LOL - I just logged back on and saw this. You are correct but those of us who have BTDT know that it really is a crap shoot
- Haha. yes. But I think some people who don't understand stats see a good outcomes for their kid and think ok process went well for ds/dd, therefore it's not random.
- LOL - I just logged back on and saw this. You are correct but those of us who have BTDT know that it really is a crap shoot
- It's not random, it's opaque.
- OP here. I totally agree. But I think there are some here who don't realize how random it is.
- I know but most of us always say - elite college admissions are random once you meet the threshold
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- private schools are different. much better acceptances esp at the levels you are talking about
- OP here: the point is that there were many kids who weren't accepted at those schools at our private who are in advanced classes with higher scores.e
- You don't know what their scores were.
- Some of them I do, because the kids discussed them. Even so, it's clear who took the advanced courses and who didn't.
- You don't know what their scores were.
- OP here: the point is that there were many kids who weren't accepted at those schools at our private who are in advanced classes with higher scores.e
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- Yes, that's what I'm saying. Just that there's a lot of randomness.
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- Exactly. The top student in dd's cohort is going to NYU.
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- Yes, that's what I'm saying. Just that there's a lot of randomness.
- You really don't know what their applications looked like.
- This. People who are busybodies think they know, they don't know shit.
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- You know who is taking the advanced courses.
- are they white? First generation?
- NYC Schools The river flows eastward...(more)
- NYC Schools Anyone choose not to submit ~1480 SAT (780M, 700V) -- I'm assuming better to submit to reaches even where that score is at the bottom end of middle 50%.
- You’ve got like a 0% chance unless you’re hooked at a selective school.
- That's obviously not true. Low chance -- that's why they are reaches. But I have a lot of anecdata to make it clear it's not 0%.
- Yes. With hooks.
- That's obviously not true. Low chance -- that's why they are reaches. But I have a lot of anecdata to make it clear it's not 0%.
- I’d submit. My kid submitted her 33 and got into a top 25. But it’s basically a lottery with so many qualified applicants
- You’ve got like a 0% chance unless you’re hooked at a selective school.
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- NYC Schools Obv lots of HS junior parents thinking college here...so anyone looking seriously at UF? Don't love FL politics but the school seems incerasingly strong...with good sports.
- we toured recently, it was much different than I had thought
- different how?
- My dc hates the heat, so it's not at all appealing
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- Not anymore.
- bc/o crazy FL legislature? eh -- I think a lot of that it sortof conservative virtue siganlling. Mostly noise. They want UF to be competitive in terms of drawing students with...(more)
- We just toured it this week. I loved it, DD is leaning towards staying in NY.
- we toured recently, it was much different than I had thought
- NYC Schools If your kid got into Brooklyn Latin (of didn’t), what was their score? Lowest I know was 503, but people saying cutoff was 497…
- NYC Schools Are SHSAT cutoffs much higher than last year? Or is it just the people checking emails at night and posting on...(more)
- Yes like this year’s college acceptances it’s the hardest year ever
- Same thing for Goldman Sachs intern program
- Just not many posters yet the high score, so far, are lower than last year.
- They certainly seem higher, but many of us haven’t gotten the scores yet so it might just be a sample bias.
- Brooklyn Tech will take 1600 kids. One score has been reported to far. 3 or the 8 have no scores reported. They juat don't have much data yet
- There literally 11 responses with scores there!
- Yes like this year’s college acceptances it’s the hardest year ever
- NYC Schools Any anecdotal stories of elementary school in-zone waitlists this year? I am so interested in the total silence about how many applications etc. Makes me think number of kids...(more)
- Most if not all of the waitlists on UWS are out of the zone families hoping to get in.
- NYC Schools I just heard that NYC DOE K decisions were released a couple days ago. SO weird that there's no press on that...no discussion of how many applications, up or down from past...(more)
- hmm. there are prob no waitlists anymore! odd that chalkbeat etc hant commented.
- There’s nothing but your local school right now
- NYC Schools What kinds of students get into Duke from NYC public schools? It doesn't eem as popular in the city.
- It’s popular. Hard. I know two STUY kids.
- Very popular in nyc, seinfeld DC
- Very high stats. It's very hard to get into.
- My son is there. 1550 SAT, good grades, great recommendations. He loves it there.
- any ECs and/or leadership and awards? public or private hs?
- Public HS, treasurer, baseball and basketball but not a star. He stood out because he solved some difficult problems for the school and made money for the school wit his ideas and...(more)
- any ECs and/or leadership and awards? public or private hs?
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- NYC Schools Mom whose son got into Wesleyan who posted here before. Is he going? My dd did too!
- np ybm dc blind date!
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- Good idea! But she's got to be on here first. I just remember her saying her son was super excited and my dd is too.
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- My DS is a freshman and loves it
- Yay! DD is super smart. Very high SAT and GPA. Accelerated in math. Considering between haverford and wes and a couple other LACS, but think she's going to pick wes.
- np ybm dc blind date!
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- You don’t ask. They give what they want.
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- You submit fafsa
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- I don’t think so. Especially in cases where schools are need blind. The problem is that when you Ed you don’t get to compare offers.
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- You do. But your acceptance in binding. If you are accepted you cannot then turn it down.
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- Not at a needs blind place supposedly
- supposedly being the key word?
- I don’t think so. Especially in cases where schools are need blind. The problem is that when you Ed you don’t get to compare offers.
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- You submit fafsa
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- You don’t ask. They give what they want.
- NYC Schools What's a good score on teh PSAT 8/9? Is it the same test as the regular PSAT?
- The PSAT 9's highest score is a 1410, I believe? Something like that?
- NYC Schools ANy NYC public HS other than Midwood delay SAT admin from today to late April?
- My ds took it at midwood 2 weeks ago
- I mean during the school day -- most high schools don't have school today so students take during the day. Midwood delayed that until late April
- My ds took it at midwood 2 weeks ago
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