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#248003 - 02/08/21 04:46 PM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
[Re: Wren]
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Yes. Sorry, sometimes I forget and create confusion. To be fair, they apply to two different schools but both are part of the HYPSM group. Aside from high intellectual ability (both DYS but only DS SET), they have completely different profiles. It's also early days because we are still awaiting decisions from the RD schools. I will say this, DD is a talented writer and editor (many awards) and the essays are an important way to stand out from the crowd. I am not sure about unique, but DD has accomplishments/recognition in both STEM and humanities as she is trying to combine them in her college and future career path. Overall, DD is artistic and even her resume/CV was a thing of beauty (graphic design wise) and she really knows how to promote herself. DS, on the other hand, put in maybe one-fourth of her effort (and last minite) into his EA college app and I realized after reviewing it neglected to mention some awards/achievements because they were lesser than the ones he included or he just forgot because they weren't important to him.
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#248004 - 02/08/21 05:29 PM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
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Thanks. They say the essay is critical to just get their attention.
BTW, why is it HYPSM? No Columbia, or U of Penn? Are they much easier to get into?
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#248005 - 02/09/21 05:30 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
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Had a conversation with a friend about grades. Her daughter is 2 years ahead of DD and was saying so many kids had grades in the 98% average range. 5+. There is a retired math teacher from the school that lives on the street and he was telling me that because of the rigor, the highest averages were n the 85% range but because admittance to university in Canada were grade based, they had to raise them, to ensure their kids could get into competitive programs. I am just wondering if schools are doing grade inflation to get kids into competitive programs. Because it just seems a little crazy that so many kids are close to perfect average.
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#248006 - 02/09/21 10:44 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
[Re: 22B]
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For high schools that the colleges know, grades are always taken in context of the school. Our kids high school didn't have ranks, but until recently did have grade distributions. Most years, only 2% achieved more than a 4.5 weighted GPA. The maximum possible GPA is 5.0, which requires having every class be an honors or AP class, and getting an A+ in that class.
A 4.5 was achievable by taking all honors/AP classes and getting an A- in every class. There was a very high overlap overlap between getting into that top 2% and getting into a top 10 college. So students needed to be strong relative to others, but not perfect.
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#248024 - 02/17/21 09:06 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
[Re: 22B]
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SATs, Once Hailed as Ivy League Equalizers, Fall From FavorBy Janet Lorin Bloomberg February 17, 2021, 1:00 PM UTC * In a major shift, only 44% send in test scores this year * Wealthier students more likely to submit, disadvantaging poor ********************************************************** One reason students from wealthier families may be more likely to submit scores is that they are more likely have good scores. Studies have found that student SAT scores are correlated with household income, although the correlation with parental educational attainment is higher. If the most selective schools are de-emphasizing intelligence in admissions, companies that want to hire smart graduates should pay less attention to the school attended. Financial firms have been known to ask interviewees what their SAT scores are.
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#248033 - 02/18/21 11:31 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
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Harvard: The percentage of students accepted early action from first-generation college backgrounds increased by nearly 7 percentage points — from 10.1 percent last year to 17 percent this admission’s cycle.
And that is with a much greater application pool and less kids admitted. Therefore the application must be a marketing strategy unto itself now.
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#248047 - 02/22/21 08:14 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
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Asian-American Ivy League Applicants Can Trust Markets More Than CourtsBy STEVE H. HANKE & STEPHEN J. K. WALTERS National Review February 22, 2021 ...
Though Princeton was victorious in its 2015 discrimination case, its Class of ’24 is 25 percent Asian-American, up from 14 percent a little over a decade ago — and it has moved ahead of Harvard to sixth in the world rankings. Whether because of competitive or legal pressure, Harvard’s admission rate of Asians has trended upward recently, and at a sharp pace. Some 25 percent of the class of 2023 is Asian-American; Yale’s Asian-American enrollment is up from 10 percent to 17 percent, and it is up from tenth a decade ago. Outside the Ivy League, at schools such as Duke, Rice, Carnegie-Mellon, and Georgia Tech, proportions of Asian-American students exceed 20 percent and have increased by at least five percentage points in the last decade. It is easy to think that other rivals will join right in.
That’s the way markets work to penalize bias and reward virtue: Schools that become excessively devoted to identity politics and underweight merit will find their competition gaining on them. Rankings will shift and applicant enthusiasm and alumni support will wax or wane accordingly. In response, all are likely to do a better job shedding their biases — or those that do not will struggle until they see the error of their ways.
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#248051 - 02/22/21 10:59 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
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I am wondering what the total asian number is. Since DD's school is 80% chinese canadian, and one got into Harvard ED this year, plus how many get in from other CDN schools, mostly Chinese canadians, plus all the kids getting in from China and other asian countries. It has to be higher than 25%. I would guess that 75% of the kids from Toronto getting into US schools are chinese canadians.
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#248052 - 02/22/21 11:02 AM
Re: Ivy League Admissions.
[Re: 22B]
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And the weird thing is that Chinese schools are rising in world rankings, since China is heavily investing in research at the schools. So the top students are going to Chinese universities. The next tier are getting into top schools here.
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