Is Jackson Reed really that bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No it’s not, it’s DCUM being DCUM. Or people who wish they had bought in MoCo and are surprised a city school is a city school. Your high SES kid will do great and learn to be a bit more resilient than if they went to Whitman.

Listen, all of MCPS high schools have to be considered ‘city.’ We are now Paris. The poor live largely in the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

NP, this is a weird response. I think the PP calling someone obsessed who admitted to stalking youtube and IG of college admissions is a pretty apt descriptor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So our of curiosity -- For current Deal/JR parents (my kids are in a feeder in upper elementary) --

1. Have you seen the schools improve since you have been there? aka does it seem to be trending for the better or worse?
2. I know JR is "overcrowded" but how many kids does it have now vs is capacity? Is the guess that JR will just go down 200 kids next year once McArthur opens or will they just have a increase in OOB kids they accept to fill the seats?

I thought for next year students will have a choice of JR or MacArthur. Given the concerns with the general logistics a new school, limited sports, and transportation concerns, I would be surprised if all 200 students picked MacArthur over Hardy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our of curiosity -- For current Deal/JR parents (my kids are in a feeder in upper elementary) --

1. Have you seen the schools improve since you have been there? aka does it seem to be trending for the better or worse?
2. I know JR is "overcrowded" but how many kids does it have now vs is capacity? Is the guess that JR will just go down 200 kids next year once McArthur opens or will they just have a increase in OOB kids they accept to fill the seats?

I thought for next year students will have a choice of JR or MacArthur. Given the concerns with the general logistics a new school, limited sports, and transportation concerns, I would be surprised if all 200 students picked MacArthur over Hardy.

ooops.. MacArthur over JR I meant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

NP, this is a weird response. I think the PP calling someone obsessed who admitted to stalking youtube and IG of college admissions is a pretty apt descriptor.

I'm not the you tube watcher. I'm not sure what one would even watch on you tube with regards to JR. I simply know the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our of curiosity -- For current Deal/JR parents (my kids are in a feeder in upper elementary) --

1. Have you seen the schools improve since you have been there? aka does it seem to be trending for the better or worse?
2. I know JR is "overcrowded" but how many kids does it have now vs is capacity? Is the guess that JR will just go down 200 kids next year once McArthur opens or will they just have a increase in OOB kids they accept to fill the seats?

I thought for next year students will have a choice of JR or MacArthur. Given the concerns with the general logistics a new school, limited sports, and transportation concerns, I would be surprised if all 200 students picked MacArthur over Hardy.

There is another thread in this forum suggesting that most kids from Hardy are opting for JR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

Safe to say your kid was rejected by a top 10 and you are bitter about it? Why else would you so closely track all this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

Safe to say your kid was rejected by a top 10 and you are bitter about it? Why else would you so closely track all this.

Nope. Current 10th grader, rising 9th grader who is considering Walls (if admitted) or JR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the students are not all getting 5s on APs. Far from it.

At what school are all the kids getting 5s on APs? The point is that there are plenty of classes that are challenging, many of which are in the social sciences and so have a decent amount of writing.

I would also emphasize the extracurricular opportunities that are academic in nature and that have a strong writing component--the Beacon, mock trial, and debate. Is this the same as mandatory writing requirements that you would get in a private school? No. But they are pretty intensive and the feedback kids get (from faculty advisors and their peers) is excellent.

The PP was referring to the JR kids getting accepted to the Top10 schools...not the general JR population.

Again, 60% of JR students on average score 3 or higher.

It is a small minority of JR students getting into the top 10 schools.
Why is this thread focusing on the top 5% of students. The top group of kids (maybe the top 30 students by GPA) would be fine anywhere.
What is JR like for the kid who is not able to handle a course load of 10+ APs. What options do they have. From what I have heard the non AP courses are fairly low level. It would be nice if the honors classes were actually honors

My kid graduated in the 21st percent in class rank. 1400 SAT. Graduated with 10 APs, 4s and 5s on the exams. Accepted to a top LAC ranked between 20 and 30 in most rankings. Currently has a 3.9 GPA in a non STEM major. He’s gotten enthusiastic, extremely positive feedback on his writing from multiple professors. Honestly, he expected college to be harder after hearing from so many people how terrible they though JR was.

YMMV.

[Anonymous]

*Accepted to a LAC ranked. “Top” is a type-o.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

Talk about a strawman. Someone claimed that JR kids don’t get into top schools and that the few who do are crew recruits. A number of us are saying that this is demonstrably untrue. Now you’re saying, “no no, I’m not saying they don’t get in; I’m saying they don’t get in MORE because they’re from JR.” OK? This has ceased to have a point. JR kids get into top schools for lots of reasons: some are athletes, some are legacies, some have no “hooks” and just get in. Just like at other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

There is a crew recruit to Cornell and also a football recruit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here.
Since someone above has already insulted those of use who track JR college admissions I will add that the Brown admit is double legacy, Columbia is URM and football, Northwestern and Princeton are URM and most of Cornell are crew recruits.
Harvard is the only unhooked but one parent is a VIP so not sure if this factors.

Not a surprise because it's the same everywhere in the DMV.

I post this because parents on here act like JR is some sort of superhighway to top 20 colleges. Maybe it was to some degree 5 years ago. Not anymore and hasn't been for quite a few admissions cycles.
Sure, you'll be in to decent enough college but it's no longer the road to the Ivies for your AU Park kid.
Pretending that it is is just stupid.

You are clearly obsessed. Why don't you track all the Big-3 top-10 college admits? Funny, I know of only one kid from there going to a top-10. The others are going to other good schools, just like the JR kids. While the Bib-3 admits to top-10 are clearly higher based on savvy counselors, insanely wealthy parents, and that the schools self-select students based on a standardized test, the vast majority are not going to top-10 schools. Get over it.

You sound completely unhinged and angry. I'm not tracking the private school admits because my kids don't attend those schools. What I do track is JR and I think it serves no one to not be transparent about who is actually getting into top schools from JR. But go ahead and rant about the privates.

NP, this is a weird response. I think the PP calling someone obsessed who admitted to stalking youtube and IG of college admissions is a pretty apt descriptor.

Lots of people check out College IG for different schools. Why wouldn’t you if you have a high school junior or senior?

[Anonymous]

My kid graduated from JR two years ago.
The only kids getting into top 10 schools were kids ranked in the top 10 at JR. Even some of these kids were rejected.
Also many of them were legacy or had some hook.