Ngu-Epreli eNew York, ixesha lokonwaba okanye ukubandezeleka kwabakhulileyo kwizikolo zabucala ezikwisiXeko saseNew York kwaye, ngakumbi, kubazali babo, njengoko belinde iintende ezibilayo imvulophu – ingaba ityebile okanye ibhityile? okanye iNew Haven eya kuthi inyanzelise ikamva labo, ubuncinci kule minyaka mine izayo. Nangona abafundi kwilizwe liphela behamba kwale nto inye, isithethe eso sixinzeleleke kakhulu kubantwana baseNew York, abathi kubo ukuya kwisikolo esaziwayo njengeSwarthmore okanye iSmith kubonwe njengokungaphumeleli.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo, iThe Braganca yabeka kwizikolo zabucala ezikwiSixeko saseNew York, ezilinganiswe ngepesenti yabafundi kwisikolo ngasinye ababhalise kwiikholeji nakwiyunivesithi eziphezulu zesizwe. Ngelixa abazali abaninzi, ootitshala kunye nabacebisi beekholeji begxeka amanqanaba njengomboniso ongalunganga wamandla ezikolo zabucala, yimfihlo evulekileyo yokuba abazali baseNew York bahlala begweba isikolo ngokukwazi kwabo ukumilisela abantwana babo kwi-Ivy League okanye kumaziko ahloniphekileyo anje IYunivesithi yaseStanford kunye neAmherst College. Ngokuqinisekileyo, iSikolo saseDalton sinezixhobo zetekhnoloji entsha eqaqambileyo, kwaye, ewe, iSikolo saseFieldston sigxininisa ukufundiswa kweenqobo ezisesikweni – kodwa ezo zinto ziyanyibilika kwindawo yokuhlambela iasidi ye-Ivy. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iminyaka eli-12 yesikolo sabucala ixabise abazali ngaphezulu kwe- $ 100,000, kwaye bafuna imbuyekezo ebonakalayo kutyalo-mali lwabo. Ke njengenkonzo kawonke-wonke okanye inkathazo, kuxhomekeke kwimbono yakho- uMjongi unikezela ngezikhundla zethu ezintsha, ezihlaziyiweyo, ejonga apho abafundi baphele khona kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.
Siphinde ngokungekho semthethweni saza sahlulahlula sazihlulahlula iikholeji zangamanqanaba amabini. Inqanaba lokuqala liqukethe i-Ivy League's Big Three (iHarvard, iPrinceton kunye neYunivesithi yaseYale); Inqanaba lesibini kwizikolo ezisibhozo ze-Ivy League (iHarvard, iPrinceton, iYale, iYunivesithi yaseBrown, iYunivesithi yaseColumbia, iYunivesithi yaseCornell, ikholeji yaseDartmouth, iYunivesithi yasePennsylvania) kunye neDyunivesithi yaseStanford, iZiko lobuchwephesha laseMassachusetts, iAmherst College, iDyunivesithi yaseDuke, iYunivesithi yaseChicago, iYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown, iYunivesithi yaseWesleyan, ikholeji yaseWilliams kunye neKholeji yaseWellesley.
Sasinomdla kakhulu kwinto, ukuba ikhona, eyenzekileyo kwiminyaka emihlanu. Ngaba i-pecking order iyafana? Ngaba iSikolo seChapin kunye neBrearley School sisakhokele? Nceda uqaphele ukuba uluhlu lwethu lusekwe kubafundi ababhalise ngokwenene kwiikholeji ekubhekiswa kuzo- inqanaba lematriki – endaweni yenani labafundi elamkelweyo.
Phambi kokuba sifike kumanani ekrwada, ukunqwala okufutshane kwabo banyanzelisa ukuba irekhodi lokubekwa kwesikolo sabucala akubalulekanga ezingqondweni zabazali. U-Lawrence Momo, umlawuli weengcebiso kwikholeji kwiSikolo i-Trinity, uxelele i-The Braganca ukuba uninzi lwabazali adibana nabo banomdla kakhulu kwikharityhulam yesikolo nakwizibonelelo, hayi iziqinisekiso zayo ze-Ivy. Omnye umcebisi ngezikhokelo, nangona kunjalo, wathi, Iziphumo zekholeji zizinto zokuqala abazali abathi xa befumana ikhathalogu yesikolo. UCaroline Erisman, umcebisi wekholeji kwiSikolo saseHewitt, uthe ukutyeba nokubekwa ekholejini kuphume esandleni. Ndiyathetha, ndifumene iifowuni zindibuza ukuba ndinayo i-inshurensi yetyala, utshilo. Abanye abantu baya kuzama ukumangalela ukuba baziva ngathi khange wenze konke okusemandleni ukubeka abantwana babo kwikholeji yodumo.
Umgangatho ophezulu: UBathathu Emnye uBetha iBuzzer
Isikolo soBathathu Emnye, kwisitrato i-139 West 91st Street, sikhokele kuluhlu lweMatriki eziNkulu, ngeepesenti ezingama-22 zabafundi abangena eHarvard, ePrinceton okanye eYale, uqhushululu olukhulu kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, xa umanyano lukaZiqu-zintathu lwabekwa kwindawo yesihlanu kolu didi nge-15. ipesenti. Isikolo samakhwenkwe onke, i-370 West End Avenue, siphume kwindawo yesibini, ngeepesenti ezingama-21 zabadala baso bangena ku-Ivy trinity – ukunyuka ngeepesenti ezi-4 ukusukela ngo-1993. Isikolo iChapin, 100 East End Avenue, isikolo samantombazana onke esiphumelele Icandelo kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo ngamanqaku eepesenti ezingama-20, liza okwesithathu ngeli xesha, nangona ipesenti yalo ihleli injalo. Eyona nto iya kuba luyolo lwamantombazana eChapin, oodade wabo abasebenza ngobukrelekrele kwiSikolo iBrearley, amantombazana aqaqambileyo aseBirkenstocks azithatha njengamaCliffies aseNew York, ehla ukusuka kwindawo yesibini ukuya kwindawo yesine ukusukela ngo-1993, nangona ipesenti yamantombazana kaBrearley engena eyoyikekayo ku-Ivy Amashumi amathathu ahlala azinzile kwiipesenti ezili-19.
Emva kwezi zikolo, iqela labathathu lihlanganisiwe. ISpence School, 22 East 91st Street, ugxininiso lwayo olunzima kwezoluntu, kunye nenqanaba njenge-alma mater kumlingisi waseHollywood uGwyneth Paltrow kunye noMTV veejay Serena Altschul, baphakama ngamanqaku amabini eepesenti ukusukela ngo-1993, beza kwisihlanu nge-16 yepesenti. Isikolo i-Horace Mann, kwi-231 West 246th Street eBronx, nedume ngokuba yeyona ndawo isikiweyo kuzo zonke izikolo eziphakamileyo zedolophu, yeza ngelesithandathu, nge-13 pesenti. Ibibambene neSikolo iDalton, 108 Street 89th Street, eyaziwa ngemfundo eqhubela phambili kunye nokuqhekeka kwayo kwabantwana abadumileyo abanjengoRobert Redford, uBarbara Walters noRalph Lauren, eyehla ukusuka kwindawo yesine ka-1993. Isikolo iSaint Ann, 129 Pierrepont Street eBrooklyn Heights, apho abafundi banokuthatha iisemina malunga nokubopha iincwadi kunye nonyango lwengqondo, baphuma kwindawo yesixhenxe ngeepesenti ezili-12. Isikolo i-Fieldston, e-Fieldston Road e-Bronx, ikhaya le-bohemian preppies, ibibambe isikhundla sayo sowe-1993 sesibhozo, kodwa sinyuke ngepesenti ezintathu ukuya kwiipesenti ezilishumi.
Ngokulandelelana ngokukhawuleza, iSikolo seLizwe iRiverdale, i-5250 Fieldston Road eBronx, ivalwe nge-8 yepesenti. Isikolo iNightingale-Bamford, 20 East 92nd Street, ethathelwa ingqalelo isikolo samantombazana esihle, naso sabetha iipesenti ezisi-8. Bayalandelwa zizikolo ezibini zamaKhatholika, iConvent ye-Sacred Heart, i-1 East 91st Street, isikolo se-elite yama-Katolika, kunye ne-Regis High School, i-55 East 84th Street, intshatsheli yengxoxo-mpikiswano engapheliyo, zombini ziyi-6 yepesenti.
Ukujikeleza intsimi, ngeepesenti ezi-5 okanye ngaphantsi kwabafundi babo abaphelela eHarvard, Yale okanye ePrinceton, yiZizwe eziManyeneyo zeZizwe eziManyeneyo, 24-50 FD.R. Qhuba kwisitalato esiseMpuma 23; IBrooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School, 9216 Seventh Avenue eBrooklyn; IPacker Collegiate Institute, kwisitalato i-170 eJoralemon eBrooklyn; iBerkeley Carroll School, e-181 eLincoln Indawo eBrooklyn; Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, 5 West 93rd Street; Isikolo iDwight; Ama-291 eCentral Park West; Abahlobo Seminary, 222 East 16th Street.
Umgangatho wesibini: iChapin, uBrearley Rule
Ewe kunjalo, bambalwa abazali abathatha umbono wokuba abantwana babo kwizikolo zabucala kufuneka baye eHarvard, Yale okanye ePrinceton. Oku kusizisa kwinqanaba lethu lesibini, i-Ivys ezisibhozo kunye neStanford, MIT, Amherst, iDuke, iChicago, iGeorgetown, iWilliams kunye neWellesley. Ngelixa ingenabubanzi, eli nqanaba limele ngokufanelekileyo iikholeji neeyunivesithi ezineziqinisekiso zokufunda kunye nokuqaqamba okuncinci okuthetha ukuba isikolo sinokuzibamba xa kubuza abahlobo kunye nezihlobo zifuna ukwazi ukuba baphi abantwana abaneminyaka eli-17 ubudala. intloko ngoSeptemba.
Kolu luhlu, uBrearley ucinezelwe ngeepesenti ezingama-61 ukuya kwiipesenti ezingama-60 zeChapin. UZiqu-zintathu weza ngokulandelayo kwiipesenti ezingama-56, elandelwa nguHorace Mann (iipesenti ezingama-54) kunye nezikolo ezibini ezibethe amanqaku angama-50, iCollegiate kunye neSpence. UDalton wangena ngokulandelayo ngeepesenti ezingama-48. I-Saint Ann's kunye ne-Fieldston bavale ngaphezulu kweepesenti ze-40, kulandele i-Nightingale, iRegis, i-Riverdale kunye nePacker Collegiate, zonke ezo zaphula iipesenti ezingama-30. Zonke ezinye izikolo ekwenziwe uphando kuzo zingene kwenye indawo phakathi kwe-15 yepesenti kunye neepesenti ze-30.
UkuFunda ngokuBonisa iziphumo
Kutheni le nto ezinye izikolo ziye zenyuka okanye zehla, kuwo omabini amanqanaba, kwiminyaka emihlanu emifutshane? Ngokucacileyo, iprofayili yabo yokufunda ayinakutshintsha ngesiquphe. Umntu kufuneka ajonge nakwezona zinto zinamandla, zifihliweyo, eyona inamandla linani eliguqukayo lamafa, okanye abafaki zicelo abangoonyana neentombi zealumni, ezibonelelwa sisikolo sabucala ngonyaka ngamnye. UFrank Leana, umlawuli wezemfundo ka-Howard Greene & Associates, ocebisa iintsapho kwinkqubo yokwamkelwa kwabafundi beekholeji, uthe, Njengomzali, kufuneka ubuze: Bangaphi abantwana baseHarvard okanye eStanford abangamafa?
Umntu kufuneka aqaphele ubungakanani bomzimba womfundi: Ngelixa uHorace Mann enokuqhayisa ngepesenti ye-13 kuphela yabaphumeleleyo abangena kwi-Big Three Ivys, umzimba wabafundi mkhulu kakhulu kunezinye zezikolo zabucala, oko kuthetha ukuba elona nani abafundi ebathumela eHarvard, Yale okanye ePrinceton banokuba ngaphezulu kwizikolo ezithe zafumana amanqaku kakuhle.
KwiZizwe eziManyeneyo kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, uMarjorie Nieuwenhuis wakhomba kuyantlukwano yesikolo sabafundi: Uninzi lwabafundi bethu luya eyunivesithi ngaphandle kwaseMelika. Kwakhona, sinoluhlu olukhulu lwabafundi. Ezinye zikwinqanaba eliphezulu kwizifundo, ezinye zincinci njalo. Ke iipesenti aziyi kuba phezulu njengezikolo ze-prep ezithatha kuphela abafundi abanesiphiwo semfundo.
Emva koko une-X-factor yabazali abanikela ngemali enkulu kwikholeji. Abacebisi beekholeji ngokubanzi bayavuma ukuba yiminikelo emikhulu kakhulu – enkulu kakhulu lee kune- $ 10,000 yonyaka yokutshekisha – efunekayo ukuhambisa iikomiti zokwamkelwa.
Kodwa izikolo zabucala zenza umahluko. U-Louise Henderson, umlawuli wezikhokelo zekholeji kwiSikolo iChapin, uthe, Izikolo ezinje ngeHorace Mann, iBrearley, iTrinity kunye neCollegiate zenze utyalomali olukhulu kwinkqubo yazo yokukhokela ikholeji. Benza ukuba abacebisi bakwazi ukuchitha ixesha elifunekayo ukwandisa amathuba omfundi ngamnye.
Ewe kunjalo, ukuqesha abacebisi beekholeji abaziwayo njengoNks Henderson, okanye uCollegiant uBruce Breimer, yinxalenye yefomula. UZiqu-zintathu ubonakala eyithathile le nkqubo inyathelo elinye ukuya phambili, eqesha uLarry Momo, owayesakuba yintloko yesidanga sokuqala sokwamkelwa kwabafundi kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia, njengomcebisi wasekholejini, kunye noHenry Moses, owayesakuba ngumphathi wabafundi abasebatsha njengeHarvard.
Umnumzana Momo wayichitha yonke ingcinga yokukhetha isikolo sabucala apho abafundi baso baphumelela ibanga leshumi. Ngumbono nje ombi. Kufana ne-US News kunye neNgxelo yeHlabathi 'iireyithingi zekholeji, ezibonisa ukuba zilungile. Ekugqibeleni, bobabini bangaphezulu. Eyona ndlela yokukhetha isikolo somntwana wakho kukubona apho umntwana wakho eya konwaba khona. Ukuba umntwana wakho akonwabanga, ngekhe enze kakuhle kwinkqubo kwaye akazukuphumelela kukhangelo lwekholeji yakhe.
Kodwa bambalwa abayiphikayo into yokuba ukuba nomcebisi oqaqambileyo wekholeji kuyanceda. Kukho ukuzibophelela komcebisi ngezikhokelo ekwenzeni umdlalo olungileyo, utshilo uNks. Henderson. Ndiyathetha, xa umntu oza kungeniswa ekholejini eze athi, 'Sifuna umdlali we-tuba wabasetyhini,' ungathemba ngcono ukuba umcebisi wasekholejini ubazi kakuhle abafundi bakhe kwaye angamfumana loo mdlali we-tuba ukuba unayo.
Kwaye umntu kufuneka amkele abafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo abanombono weparadesi ingekho kwiminyaka emine ePrinceton, NJ NjengoLisa Montgomery, umlawuli weengcebiso kwikholeji kwiFriends Seminary, uphawule ngomboniso wesikolo sakhe, Jonga, uninzi lwabafundi bethu bafunda iikholeji ezincinci njenge Swarthmore ne Oberlin ezingqinelana nelifa lethu lama Quaker. Ayinguye wonke umntu ofuna ukuya eHarvard okanye kwi-MIT, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo sinerekhodi ebalaseleyo yokubeka abo bafundi bafuna ukuya. Ingongoma yakhe iqiniswa ngabafundi be-SAT yamanqaku angama-1310.
Kwaye kukho izikolo ezithile ezinabafundi abaninzi abavela phesheya kwezilwandle abangacwangcisanga ukuya kwiikholeji zelizwe. URyna Bab, umlawuli wezikhokelo zekholeji kwiSikolo i-Dwight, ethe yagungqa emazantsi erenki, uthe: UDwight ngowamazwe aphesheya kwindalo. Sinomzimba wabafundi ohluke kakhulu kuneBrearley, onokuba neenjongo ezahlukileyo kakhulu.
Okwangoku, unikwe ulungiselelo oluphezulu olulindelwe ngabazali kwizikolo zabucala, kuya kufuneka uzibuze ukuba kutheni iipesenti ezi-3 kuphela, yithi, i-Columbia Prep iphumelele imatriki eHarvard, ePrinceton naseYale.
Akunakulindeleka ukuba abazali abanabantwana abakwizikolo zabucala eNew York baya kuze baliyeke iphupha lokubukela oonyana neentombi zabo bezisa idiploma yaseYale okanye eHarvard. Umcebisi wokwamkelwa kwabafundi beekholeji uMnu. Leana uxelele I-Braganca ukuba ukhuphiswano luye lwaqina ngakumbi okoko sajonga okokugqibela ngo-1993. Iziteki ziqhubeka zinyuka, utshilo. Abafundi endibabonayo balungiselela i-SAT 1 kunye ne-2, besenza ezemidlalo, bethatha ilizwi kunye nepiyano, bethatha inxaxheba kwinkonzo yoluntu kwaye besenza iiyure ezine ukuya kwezintlanu zomsebenzi wasekhaya ngobusuku. Kukho ukhuphiswano oluninzi ngoku kwiikholeji eziphezulu ukuba izikolo ziya kusebenzisa naluphi na uhlobo lokuloba ukufumana abafundi bazo.
