What kind of colleges do Wootton grads attend?

[Anonymous]

Hi all! I have elementary school aged kids in the Wootton cluster and we are reasonably happy so far. Kids are thriving and learning but not excelling/outstanding (this seems more tied to their individual abilities vs Mcps). Looking ahead, we hope for them to be reasonably high achieving and successful adults and want them in an environment that makes them strive for more. Most all of our pre-kids friends have kids in privates (the Heights, Bullis, St. Andrews, Langley, Rochambeau, Maret) and expect their kid to achieve a lot like they have. They expect their kids to be the best they can be and get into great colleges and universities.
Can our kids do the same if they work hard and excel in their classes once their time comes at Wootton? How is the college counseling? Is it more competitive and tougher to get into good schools because the kids are so competitive? Are we doing the kids a disservice by not considering private? Do the kids get into a wide array of great schools or is it mainly UMD And so on?
What kind of foundational work should I be doing now to be sure they are setting themselves up for success? Kumon? More? Help!

[Anonymous]

Here's an instagram where last year's seniors would post where they were attending college. (This is not a comprehensive list.)

https://www.instagram.com/wootton21sendoffs/

[Anonymous]

Wootton grads go to many places.

OP best to remember now, you kid goes to where they go to don't worry about anyone else.

That said Wootton has a great track to college.

Mine got into schools like UNC, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, UVA, Yale, UMD, Michigan (lots of Wootton kids), Stanford. We are a very math-oriented family and the Wootton cluster served us well.

Kids go to all kinds of colleges from Wootton. My next door neighbors kid went to McGill. On the other side of my house Towson and JMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi all! I have elementary school aged kids in the Wootton cluster and we are reasonably happy so far. Kids are thriving and learning but not excelling/outstanding (this seems more tied to their individual abilities vs Mcps). Looking ahead, we hope for them to be reasonably high achieving and successful adults and want them in an environment that makes them strive for more. Most all of our pre-kids friends have kids in privates (the Heights, Bullis, St. Andrews, Langley, Rochambeau, Maret) and expect their kid to achieve a lot like they have. They expect their kids to be the best they can be and get into great colleges and universities.
Can our kids do the same if they work hard and excel in their classes once their time comes at Wootton? How is the college counseling? Is it more competitive and tougher to get into good schools because the kids are so competitive? Are we doing the kids a disservice by not considering private? Do the kids get into a wide array of great schools or is it mainly UMD And so on?
What kind of foundational work should I be doing now to be sure they are setting themselves up for success? Kumon? More? Help!

The top MCPS high-schools are listed here, but I'm guessing Wotton is similar to Whitman so I'd say UMDCP.

https://www.scribd.com/document/522872078/Where-Montgomery-County-class-of-2021-grads-got-accepted-to-college#fullscreen&from_embed

[Anonymous]

From my neighborhood last three years:

Michigan
UMD (lots!)
Wesleyan
Pitt
Miami
UCLA

[Anonymous]

Op, I hope you read your post over to yourself. Your children are in elementary school. You are in a top school district zoned for a well regarded high school. If you are so worried about your kids chances of getting into a top college years from now, you are going to miss all the great moments of being in the present. If your children sense your anxiety about their future success you can easily make them anxious, stresses and depressed. This mcps area is obsessed with over-achieving and it’s harming kids who are doing well academically because they feel if they are not ahead, they must be behind. Just continue to be a support for your children in the now. Let them develop interests and be happy. Your children will be successful in life no matter if they go to a community college, state college or Ivy League as long as they feel they have supportive parent(s).... what’s important in life right now.... we are all adjusting to pandemic life and our children just need supportive, loving parent(s) who aren’t stressed about what colleges they could get into when they are in elementary school. This is sincere and I hope you take a deep breath and hug your kids and tell them you are proud of their efforts.

Signed,
Educator in MCPS who sees too many stressed out students because of parents expectations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, I hope you read your post over to yourself. Your children are in elementary school. You are in a top school district zoned for a well regarded high school. If you are so worried about your kids chances of getting into a top college years from now, you are going to miss all the great moments of being in the present. If your children sense your anxiety about their future success you can easily make them anxious, stresses and depressed. This mcps area is obsessed with over-achieving and it’s harming kids who are doing well academically because they feel if they are not ahead, they must be behind. Just continue to be a support for your children in the now. Let them develop interests and be happy. Your children will be successful in life no matter if they go to a community college, state college or Ivy League as long as they feel they have supportive parent(s).... what’s important in life right now.... we are all adjusting to pandemic life and our children just need supportive, loving parent(s) who aren’t stressed about what colleges they could get into when they are in elementary school. This is sincere and I hope you take a deep breath and hug your kids and tell them you are proud of their efforts.

Signed,
Educator in MCPS who sees too many stressed out students because of parents expectations

Hi MCPS educator! Guess what, I see you, I hear you and I thank you. I am NOT expressing these thoughts to my kids and I am consciously giving them lots of love and support at home. I agree with everything you wrote!!! We just ask them to try their best and do keep them “under scheduled” so they have some free evenings during the week and free time on weekends. Neither one is in the gifted and talented program but both get good grades
And keep improving. Just thinking and planning ahead and want to be sure we stay ahead of anything in the future and don’t unintentionally set them on the wrong track. Please know I do take your post to heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From my neighborhood last three years:

Michigan
UMD (lots!)
Wesleyan
Pitt
Miami
UCLA

So so many UMD! Ah well. I guess it’s just the area. When I think of how many kids in my Northern California High school went to UCs it just makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From my neighborhood last three years:

Michigan
UMD (lots!)
Wesleyan
Pitt
Miami
UCLA

So so many UMD! Ah well. I guess it’s just the area. When I think of how many kids in my Northern California High school went to UCs it just makes sense.

Well, yes, most people can't afford the insane college costs.

-former CA resident who hopes DC gets into UMD for CS

[Anonymous]

If you think your kids need to compete with private school kids, then I would suggest send them to private school.

-parent of MS and HSer, one who is "gifted", and in public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think your kids need to compete with private school kids, then I would suggest send them to private school.

-parent of MS and HSer, one who is "gifted", and in public schools.

Yes your kids will compete with private school Kids at all Times in life. For jobs, promotions, internships and more. The world is overcrowded, the marketplace is saturated and if you think your kids will be in some sort of silo you’re mistaken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wootton grads go to many places.

OP best to remember now, you kid goes to where they go to don't worry about anyone else.

That said Wootton has a great track to college.

Mine got into schools like UNC, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, UVA, Yale, UMD, Michigan (lots of Wootton kids), Stanford. We are a very math-oriented family and the Wootton cluster served us well.

Kids go to all kinds of colleges from Wootton. My next door neighbors kid went to McGill. On the other side of my house Towson and JMU.

New poster here:
my son is a freshman at another close to DC high school that is discussed on this thread. He’s really bright and math/science oriented doing really well in honors and AP classes but he has a B in English. I keep hearing about kids getting into the kinds of schools do you listed your son got into and I’m curiousDid they get straight A’s in every single class they took? What was their course load/track in high school? What kinds of extracurricular activities that they do Out of courisity? thanks for any insight because when you look online it’s really confusing as to what kind of kid gets in where in these days, and if colleges look at weighted vs unweighted gpas
Sorry got spelling errors above

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi all! I have elementary school aged kids in the Wootton cluster and we are reasonably happy so far. Kids are thriving and learning but not excelling/outstanding (this seems more tied to their individual abilities vs Mcps). Looking ahead, we hope for them to be reasonably high achieving and successful adults and want them in an environment that makes them strive for more. Most all of our pre-kids friends have kids in privates (the Heights, Bullis, St. Andrews, Langley, Rochambeau, Maret) and expect their kid to achieve a lot like they have. They expect their kids to be the best they can be and get into great colleges and universities.
Can our kids do the same if they work hard and excel in their classes once their time comes at Wootton? How is the college counseling? Is it more competitive and tougher to get into good schools because the kids are so competitive? Are we doing the kids a disservice by not considering private? Do the kids get into a wide array of great schools or is it mainly UMD And so on?
What kind of foundational work should I be doing now to be sure they are setting themselves up for success? Kumon? More? Help!

None of the schools you mentioned has better college matriculations than Wootton

[Anonymous]

Op bear in mind a talented student at a high ranking high school is a small fish in a big pond. While you may hear many stories of kids who go from woottok to top colleges there are many others who *would* have gone to those top colleges except they are in a very competitive pool of similarly talented students. Had they done as well at a lower ranked school, they would have been a shoe-in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op bear in mind a talented student at a high ranking high school is a small fish in a big pond. While you may hear many stories of kids who go from woottok to top colleges there are many others who *would* have gone to those top colleges except they are in a very competitive pool of similarly talented students. Had they done as well at a lower ranked school, they would have been a shoe-in.

This is what I fear got my kid at another public school. None of the private op listed are known for amazing college placement or all being high achieving students.