Wilson College Acceptances

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My daughter is attending North Carolina A&T; go Aggies!

[Anonymous]

We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is attending North Carolina A&T; go Aggies!

Congrats!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

[Anonymous]

My kid is going to be a junior at Wilson and I am pretty nervous about the college application process. From what I hear, there is no college guidance really at Wilson. I will be relieved when we are done with DCPS. Quite the roller coaster ride.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is going to be a junior at Wilson and I am pretty nervous about the college application process. From what I hear, there is no college guidance really at Wilson. I will be relieved when we are done with DCPS. Quite the roller coaster ride.

There is very little college guidance at any large public school. If you can afford it, hire a private college counselor. But reading a few books will probably tell you what you need to know.

The biggest change is that it is very competitive now (way more than even 5-6 years ago) and the EA/ED/RD decisions are very important.

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Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

Yes excellent!!! Great job grads!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

get over yourself.

GW and Georgetown are very difficult to get into and offer every course you can imagine.
George Mason has an excellent economics department.
Catholic has one of the best music and performing arts departments in the East Coast.
Marymount has a great Fashion design department, great nursing, health management and physical therapy degrees (all the way to doctorate).
UMD has a great science/engineering department. Very good music department.
American has a very strong department in international relations.

So yes, depending on what the student wants to study, these colleges offer excellent programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i thought wilson was supposed to be this amazing school. i went to a public high school in a small town in a farm state and, every single year, the valedictorian, and sometimes also the no. 2, went to harvard. the next ten kids all went to other ivies or other highly regarded schools. i would have thought wilson would blow that out of the water.

Because all those colleges like geographic diversity, and your small town in a farm state provided that.

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Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

get over yourself.

GW and Georgetown are very difficult to get into and offer every course you can imagine.
George Mason has an excellent economics department.
Catholic has one of the best music and performing arts departments in the East Coast.
Marymount has a great Fashion design department, great nursing, health management and physical therapy degrees (all the way to doctorate).
UMD has a great science/engineering department. Very good music department.
American has a very strong department in international relations.

So yes, depending on what the student wants to study, these colleges offer excellent programs.

So if I want to study Chemistry at AU, I’m a moron?

[Anonymous]

2019 results anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

get over yourself.

I would cry with joy and disbelief if my kid got into Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know three students who got accepted to high ranking universities but chose to remain close to home and commute. DC has Trinity, Catholic, American, GW and Georgetown. UMD, Marymount and even George Mason are commuter universities that have excellent undergrad programs.

Excellent? Really? Good yes.

get over yourself.

I would cry with joy and disbelief if my kid got into Georgetown.

Not me. My buddy Rick was a great help.

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Anonymous wrote:They always get into some good schools. The issue is when they feel out-matched by peers who have attended far more rigorous public and private schools. It is a rude awakening for many.

But so what; at least they got into somewhere. What does it matter to you or anyone else.

Top schools like geographical and public/private diversity, and there aren't many places to look in DC other than Wilson.

But Wilson students generally don't shine at top schools compared to graduates of area privates and MD/VA publics. They are typically middle of the pack and quite a few struggle.

Total BS.