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I attended Brearley for 9 years before switching to Columbia Prep (and eventually to UChicago), and from personal experience, I... |
Former Brearley Student |
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This is ridiculous. Getting kids into harvard and ivies should have nothing to do with the rankings. Class sizes, dedicated... [MORE] |
philip |
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You should be more concerned about the racism alive and well at these so-called "pedigree" schools. I'm sure most of... [MORE] |
An Independant School Parent |
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...went to Regis. But so did I!! [MORE] |
Regis '83 |
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Your article fallaciously says,MONEY rules the world,and Harvard is the epi-center of that world. In printing such rubbish and judging... [MORE] |
Grandma PSL |
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Did anyone else notice that the writer, Elizabeth Green, went to Harvard? http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgreen [MORE] |
NYC Teacher |
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you claim 10 Regians (Regis HS) grads are attending Harvard in the past 3 years well, there are 9 in... [MORE] |
kelly |
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one more reason not to take the sun seriously; and not to read it. [MORE] |
college counselor |
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I fail to see the purpose this serves and what exactly this proves. Most student already know that the Upper... [MORE] |
sc |
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Obviously this article is a ploy to increase readership or generate a "buzz" (where none is derserving). To attempt to... [MORE] |
NYC Private School Parent |
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Many responses sound like sour grapes. Their children apparently go to one of those schools that didn't score well. [MORE] |
Sigmund Fraud |
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Thank goodness our school is too small and insignificant to be in the survey. Our endowment is pitiful in comparison... [MORE] |
mom4 |
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Ramaz was included in the survey, yet Loyola and Sacred Heart were omitted. Yet Loyola got 3 kids in to... [MORE] |
NYCparent |
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Regis and Sacred Heart belong on the list, as does Marymount. You mention 2 out of 3 in the accompanying... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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It is what it is, and facts are facts. It is true that the list of New York City Independent... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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The article basically said that you were in a good private school in New York if your school had money... [MORE] |
EZE |
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... and most of these schools release a list of the colleges and universities to which the graduates matriculate each... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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I just so happen to go to one of the "D" rated schools and it is filled with brilliant people.... [MORE] |
Marquessa |
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I go to an "A" rated school and I don't give credence to this article. I think that getting into... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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Six kids to Harvard is an "A" and 0 Kids is a "D". What a mockery. How does a kid... [MORE] |
BA |
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As a Harvard grad and a parent of kids in private schools, I have to say this is one of... [MORE] |
Harvard grad and private school dad |
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The number of students that a school sends to Harvard should absolutely not be a reason to choose a school,... [MORE] |
Victoria Goldman |
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This has ridiculously narrow and snobby criteria. It is also insulting to the poorly graded schools who may have better... [MORE] |
Dr. Lee W. Jones |
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This is an interesting survey, but I believe that all of these schools care and intellectually nourish their students in... [MORE] |
Alfredo Kuilan |
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The author assumes that the entire purpose of a private school education is to ensure a students admission into into... [MORE] |
Scott Forsythe |
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The "New York Sun Private School Index" is obviously a parody. How could anyone take this alleged "ranking system" seriously? [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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Most famous and successful hollywood directors go to film schools, such as USC, Columbia, NYU and Stanford, some of the... [MORE] |
Max and Natalie |
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Harvard is not even the number one school anymore, Princeton is. I know that a ton of kids from your... [MORE] |
Sara |
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Let me begin by saying that there is no greater fan of the Sun than me. Always staunchly on the... [MORE] |
Brian Rom |
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This has nothing to do with the schools themselves and just to do with money. It is gross and rude... [MORE] |
Sam |
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To say that DWIGHT is on the same level as a school such as Nightingale is quite laughable. [MORE] |
John |
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as one of the sudents that was given an extremely poor grade, i think you should have included more than... [MORE] |
william stern |
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A complete waste of time. Another useless "survey." Why don't you take a survey of the kids who attend these... [MORE] |
Slav a Hazin |
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Dear NY Sun,I am the President of the Guild of Independent School and I am writing to comment upon your... [MORE] |
George Davison |
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What these rankings don't take into account is the disparity in enrollment in graduating classes amongst elite schools. Some of... [MORE] |
Stanislaus |
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It's interesting to see schools reviewed, and sometimes the reviews tell us more about the values and assumptions of the... [MORE] |
Peter Booth |
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Perhaps this analysis should have looked at offers of admission, not matriculations. Of students cross-admitted at H-Y and H-P, many... [MORE] |
grb |
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What about the number of kids who get into Yale? Or Stanford? Or Cal Tech? Or Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Haverford,... [MORE] |
Justin Warner |
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I have to say that as a New York Sun reader who's been a fan from the first issue, and... [MORE] |
Adam Beckerman |
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To say you judge it on the basis of students getting into harvard and the schools net assets makes this... [MORE] |
John |
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As a parent whose child attends one of the "A" ranked schools, I would be curious to know why some... [MORE] |
Lisa Kohl |
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too harvard-focused. much broader circle of top-tier universities out there -- including ones with little applicant crossover w/harvard. [MORE] |
NYC Dad |
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Letter grades in the city began with John Dewey High School in Brooklyn in 1970. Not sure what Bloomberg has... [MORE] |
JC Clark |
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What study worth noting would use such a flawed system? The logic here presupposes that the other 91% of students... [MORE] |
J H |
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the methodology is absolutely flawed. to judge a school soley on how many of its students went to Harvard and... [MORE] |
anonymous |
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As a parent reviewing schools, this helps me cut through the spin perpetrated by students,alumni or parents of competing schools.... [MORE] |
NYC mom |
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Interesting survey in that it takes into account each schools net assets as well as exmissions data. one can argue... [MORE] |
thewiseking |
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Great survey! I would have included more than Harvard if the other top schools also have face books. That way... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
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While the point of this article may have been satirical, it serves to reinforce the designer-label mentality of a lot... [MORE] |
Patricia Fry |
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