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But nobody should feel that they are less worthy of attending a top notch college because their family couldn't afford to send them to a presitigious prepatory school, and I think that universities are starting to reward students more and more for suceeding despite their surroundings, as they should.</p>
<p>There obviously is a reason why parents are willing to shell out 20-40 k for a private school, and I am obviously not against the idea that you should be able to increase your son/daughter's chances of attending a great university by sending them to such a school.
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<p>I think you are really generalizing, many kids who attend private schools do so because their parents feel the public school is inadequate, this was my situation, I would have loved to go to public school if my local one could give me the education I needed. My point is, for many parents it is about the education, not "I need to increase my kid's chanced of getting into an ivy." Also, despite my school being extremely expensive, 1/3 of the students are on financial aid, so not everyone going there constitutes the stereotype you seem to have in mind.</p>
<p>I know I am generalizing, and I know that there are many people who attend private schools because their public schools are inadequate. But you can't deny that there are also many parents who want their kids to have an edge. Come to think of it, its the same thing with SAT Prep Programs. I didn't HAVE to take an SAT Prep program, but my parents wanted me to have an edge in the college admissions process.</p>
<p>Please don't think that I am in any way against the concept of private schools, because I most definitely am not. This all started because I thought that For Shaganov seemed to be overemphasizing the fact that she attended a prestigious prepatory school. That is all.</p>
<p>SO, has anyone else heard from Georgetown? Haha. I think I have checked this thread and the Georgetown page more than I have been studying for my finals!</p>
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But you can't deny that there are also many parents who want their kids to have an edge. Come to think of it, its the same thing with SAT Prep Programs. I didn't HAVE to take an SAT Prep program, but my parents wanted me to have an edge in the college admissions process.</p>
<p>Please don't think that I am in any way against the concept of private schools, because I most definitely am not. This all started because I thought that For Shaganov seemed to be overemphasizing the fact that she attended a prestigious prepatory school. That is all.
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<p>You're right, I can't deny that. You're really right there are a lot of them, I guess I just don't want to be like labelled under that category since I didn't do SAT Prep or get pushed to go to an ivy or anything like that. I understand your point of view, enough said on the topic.</p>
<p>and I never said anyone should feel less worthy of a good education because of financial status. It's not about who is less or more worthy...it's not (directly at least, unless you're uber-wealthy and sending money to the school) about how much money you have. What it is about is the standard of education one person had versus another. And i, like TheMagnanimous I didn't go to a public hs for different reasons than just to get into a great university. I went public K-8, but to a Catholic school for High School to get a Catholic education. </p>
<p>I also did not spout sarcasm for the purpose of "feeling better of myself"...but don't tell anyone the words "Congratulations on your high school..." and expect people to think you aren't being sarcastic. I, once again like TheMagnanimous find it hard to believe that you weren't intending ill will with that post. But keep playing the bigger man on this one all you want.</p>
<p>I don't think myself smarter than you or anyone else here...but I do think you were overlooking the way Colleges do treat high school reputation because you disagree with the idea that they should consider it for socio-economic reasons.</p>
<p>That said...no I haven't heard anything else myself. Good luck to you Tenacious and anyone else here, and for a change I agree with you TenaciousJ, we should move past this cus the site isn't for bickering but for helping people with this process.</p>
<p>the purpose of private schools is not just to send kids to top colleges. in fact, while colleges of course take into account the difficulty of your high school, it is often MORE difficult to get into a top college from a very prestigious and challenging private school than a public school. when all of your classmates would be at the very top of their classes at their respective public schools, it is far more difficult to stand out and to recieve the A you would have gotten at a public school (even a top public school if it is not a test school, because all students in a given area are allowed to go there, regardless of their intelligence or motivation), because the competition is so much tougher, just as it is much more difficult to be a top student at Harvard than it is at a community college. so for anyone who thinks that the purpose of a private education is for college admissions, you are mistaken. if parents wanted their kids to get into an ivy THAT badly, they would take the $30,000 they spend each year on tuition and make a hefty donation to their alma mater instead.</p>
<p>Interesting point, Asdfghjkl. Clearly there are many sides to this argument, and I would say that it would be difficult to know how adcoms really factor in one's high schools. Also, I am sure that it differs between schools, and differs between years.</p>
<p>There is a reason why there are so many different college advice books, but no one "correct" book.</p>
<p>Ndhopeful09, I'm not sure what you are trying to say in your third paragraph, but my view is that while I know colleges take into account a school's reputation, they should, and I think do, give weight to students who succeed despite coming from bad high schools.</p>
<p>"Dealing with being away from home for the first time in college and getting a 3.6 is more impressive than a 4.0 from a random public hs when your biggest worry very well could've been just if you had enough gas to drive your car home, or if you would get a date to homecoming."</p>
<p>Thank goodness they ask for copies of the corse catalog. A 3.6 in easy classes with only 13 credits doesn't mean that much...</p>
<p>Well yes Biff, if you're taking intro to basketweaving of course they'll look at it differently. I just don't expect lots of ppl applying to transfer to Gtown taking those classes. There is definitely good reason for the course catalog.</p>
<p>after seeing this go on for a while, im just gonna say, i really don't think they're discriminating in order of their decisions based on which school you applied too. Some ppl have heard from SFS, they've heard from MSB, they've heard from the College, some haven't. While they may make their decisions separately, they're all doing them simultaneously I think.</p>
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after seeing this go on for a while, im just gonna say, i really don't think they're discriminating in order of their decisions based on which school you applied too. Some ppl have heard from SFS, they've heard from MSB, they've heard from the College, some haven't. While they may make their decisions separately, they're all doing them simultaneously I think.
<p>a friend of mine said she was rejected from SFS a day or so ago...that's the only basis i have for believing SFS is sending stuff out. Either way, she's gone (we're finishing up exams) and i have no idea how or where she found out from...i applied to the College so it didn't faze me enough.</p>
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a friend of mine said she was rejected from SFS a day or so ago...that's the only basis i have for believing SFS is sending stuff out. Either way, she's gone (we're finishing up exams) and i have no idea how or where she found out from...i applied to the College so it didn't faze me enough.