Wilson College Acceptances

[Anonymous]

College counseling is a mess at Wilson. Many of the well-off kids get around it by hiring private counselors or have parents who can help out but the kids who really suffer are the lower income kids. It is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College counseling is a mess at Wilson. Many of the well-off kids get around it by hiring private counselors or have parents who can help out but the kids who really suffer are the lower income kids. It is sad.

Honest question -- what public school - in DC or the suburbs - does college counseling well? Parents in Virginia and Maryland complain about the same thing. What would good college counseling, in the context of a 600-1200 student school, even look like. What's missing?

I have heard Latin and BASIS parents praising their college counseling programs. Does anyone in DCPS stand out?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:College counseling is a mess at Wilson. Many of the well-off kids get around it by hiring private counselors or have parents who can help out but the kids who really suffer are the lower income kids. It is sad.

Honest question -- what public school - in DC or the suburbs - does college counseling well? Parents in Virginia and Maryland complain about the same thing. What would good college counseling, in the context of a 600-1200 student school, even look like. What's missing?

I have heard Latin and BASIS parents praising their college counseling programs. Does anyone in DCPS stand out?

Don't know the answer to your question, but someone at Whitman in MCPS, whether counselors or parents (or both), has done an excellent job this year: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/806314.page

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

How long ago?

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

How long ago?

Tell us stats please!

How many to Yalle?

How many to jail?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

Whatever that means. Some parents step up and become the college counselors.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

Whatever that means. Some parents step up and become the college counselors.

I didn’t have one either. My parents must have bought me a couple of books listing and describing the schools. That’s about it. Then I applied, without any help at all. Certainly for those who need it like first generation kids it’s good to have a counselor but it shouldn’t be make or break.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

How long ago?

Tell us stats please!

How many to Yalle?

How many to jail?

Last year Wilson had 4 students go to Yale. None of them are failing out BTW.

[Anonymous]

These threads are not really useful. Virtually all DC high schools have some top performers who enroll at elite institutions. Turning college admissions into a competition or proxy for quality says more about the braggarts here than the schools or the students.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

How long ago?

Tell us stats please!

How many to Yalle?

How many to jail?

Last year Wilson had 4 students go to Yale. None of them are failing out BTW.

Were these students all URM? The one I know is. This is not meant to be inflammatory--genuinely curious.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps some were legacies.

Why does it matter unless you are suggesting that they weren’t otherwise qualified?

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps some were legacies.

Why does it matter unless you are suggesting that they weren’t otherwise qualified?

I'm not suggesting this at all--the one I knew was first or second in the class. Just wondering (as someone with white, upper NW kids who will go to Wilson in 1-2 years) who actually gets into the Ivys. The chatter among my upper NW neighborhood is always, "oh Wilson sends kids to Harvard and Yale every year". Just wondering who these kids are. If they're all minorities I actually think that's GREAT (I know you won't believe me but I honestly do). Neither my husband and I attended one and are under no delusion that our kids will either.

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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.

Yawn.

DMV public school grad, who was Magna at an Ivy. And then Ivy for grad school. But no sweat.

The delusions of what people think the difference is between publics and privates in this area - self-justifying/reassuring themselves after spending $40K+ a year - never ceases to amaze me.

And P.S. - did it with NO 'college counselor'.

How long ago?

Tell us stats please!

How many to Yalle?

How many to jail?

Last year Wilson had 4 students go to Yale. None of them are failing out BTW.

Were these students all URM? The one I know is. This is not meant to be inflammatory--genuinely curious.

No. Two were, two were not.