Washington Latin acceptances for 2018

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Anonymous wrote:It is... Assuming the Yale admit didn’t also get into 50% of the others too (which, of course, s/he likely would if s/he applied, so it’s really a question of how many s/he applied to)...

Latin parent here. That list was taken from a weekly communication from the head of school to parents and families. The intention is clearly to highlight the achievements of an accomplished senior class and not just one kid. Latin is a close-knit community. The seniors and their parents (and lots of the juniors too) know who the Yale admit is and would recognize if half the list was the acceptances of that one kid.

Good to hear. I definitely wasn't trying to bash Latin. I just always worry about acceptance rather than attendance lists, since I know lots of high schools (including the one I went to) milk the stats of their top 2-3 performers to imply the overall class did better than it did.

Last years class is attending Dartmouth, Cornell, Davidson, Stanford, Univ of Chicago, Oberlin, Carleton, Haverford, Pomona, Middlebury....

Latin does a great job of getting all kids that want to go into college. As a charter school where admittance is lottery based, kids truly do come from all wards of the city, with diverse socio economic backgrounds. Some kids make tough choices of going to a prestigious school with little financial aid or a school that they can graduate from with little debt. For some Latin kids they will be the first of their families to attend college. I don't think the lists of a few schools tell the full story.

If all of those schools have kids from last year's class actually attending... that is incredibly impressive.

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Just have to look at the picture from Latin's tshirt day last year

http://latinpcs.org/college-counseling/

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Anonymous wrote:Just have to look at the picture from Latin's tshirt day last year

http://latinpcs.org/college-counseling/

Love this!

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Anonymous wrote:Just have to look at the picture from Latin's tshirt day last year

http://latinpcs.org/college-counseling/

Love this!

Fantastic! Happy for these kids finding their fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t he the guy who was basically run out of town on a rail?

Yes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701614.html

More. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103103286.html

WL did well to hire Martha Cutts who stabilized and grew the school into what it is today.

All institutions grow and move beyond their founders. But the substantial contributions of the Head Master Emeritus should be acknowledged and celebrated. Rev. Ahlstrom is a visionary educator. Washington Latin wouldn't exist but for him.

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Thanks for your input Rev!

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T.R. was definitely a visionary. Amen and "bully!" for founding Washington Latin.

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And in order to make visions a reality---there need to be people who can execute. Former school head Martha Cutts and Diana Smith (Latin's principal) spent 10 years making that vision into a reality---including locating and obtaining the funding for the permanent school facility Latin enjoys today, and hiring the faculty who are second to none in terms of their dedication to their students. I wasn't around for the earliest years of Rev. Ahlstrom, so there is no intent to detract from his vision, but the heavy lifting in the creation of the school Latin is today is due to Mrs. Cutts and Dr. Smith.