<p>How do schools, especially selective schools (ie Columbia), view students from parochial schools? Do they view them separately from other students from private and public schools?</p>
<p>I would imagine there's always a small percentage of students they must accept from parochial schools (btwn 5-10%?).
So does being a strong applicant or applying ED from a competitive parochial school aid one's chances?</p>
<p>No more than anyone else. Parochial, like publics and privates, can be terrible, great and everything inbetween. The'll look at your schoool profile to determine how good your school is. Also they'll see how well kids from your school have done there before. The best info yu can get is info on who has gotten into your colleges from your high school in the past and what their stats were.</p>
<p>Ooh, kids who were previously admitted to Columbia from my school have been really successful.. My friend's brother is actually the current Columbia Spectator Editor-in-Chief.. And my sophomore year Euro teacher used to be a world-class soccer star.
I think it's also a plus that my school is probably the most prestigious parochial school from Long Island, which is obviously right near Columbia.</p>
<p>Actually, my school is great in that they distribute a booklet with the previous year's graduating class statistics (3-year average, class rank, SAT scores, and school activities involved in (including any leadership positions)), so it's pretty helpful to gauge your chances.</p>
<p>Because of this booklet actually, sometimes I think my school carries a great amount of weight (especially if you're the only student to apply to a particular school in the ED round).. Largely because there was this senior that I knew, with very good stats (98 average, top 3%, 1420 SAT -- All just about what my stats are) but his ECs were majorly lacking.. He was only in about four clubs + volleyball team (which he was mediocre at) with no leadership positions and only a few awards, and he was accepted ED to DARTMOUTH. I can not figure that out for the life of me. There were so many other kids with both better grades, better SAT scores, and better ECs that were rejected RD.
So go figure.</p>
<p>"I think it's also a plus that my school is probably the most prestigious parochial school from Long Island"</p>
<p>which one is that?? chaminade? i go to catholic school on li too</p>
<p>Haha, yeah it is.</p>