🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

[Anonymous]

my ds is at an all-boys school and 90% submit info to the decision account. they're going to really good schools, they're proud. plus the caption that their friends write up are so funny, insider jokey, and honestly sweet. I love them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my ds is at an all-boys school and 90% submit info to the decision account. they're going to really good schools, they're proud. plus the caption that their friends write up are so funny, insider jokey, and honestly sweet. I love them.

Gonzaga, right? I think the write-ups are so funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yea, this is cringe. I feel sorry for OP.

[phone]. A private school recruiter, perhaps

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Anonymous wrote:This is seriously getting creepy to put this stuff up year after year.

Why are you so obsessed about where kids you don't know go to college?

You talk about "youth mental health" and how the college process has gone off the rails and is harming kids and then can't stop yourselves from obsessing endlessly about the destinations of strangers.

I care about the kids we *do* know. We don’t keep in touch with all of my kids’ old friends from preschool, ES, MS, various activities, teams, etc. but I’d love to hear where they’re heading.

+ 1, I love seeing where kids land and what they're studying

11:32 is spot on. You are creepy. You could have just contacted the parents if you actually know them.

You guys are nutters.
"Hi! We haven't seen each other in 8 years but where is Larlo heading to college?"

That was the point. OP doesn't know them.

Oh, come on! In the era of social media we all follow and stay in touch with people online that we may not have individual contact with on a regular basis. That’s perfectly normal in this day and age.

That's why these people are lonely. They are so afraid to meet people one on one. They think they still are "connected" to someone. No you are not. If you cared to keep in touch or they cared to, they would have. Go meet them in person to "catch up." Go to church. Volunteer PTA to "catch up" IRL, through email, group chats or DMs.

Not OP but can confirm I engage in plenty of in person contact, group chats, and volunteering but also take a peek at the college decision pages.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, this is cringe. I feel sorry for OP.

[phone]. A private school recruiter, perhaps

OP could be the one complaining on this site's 'website feedback' forum about posters from other regions (outside the DMV) on the Colleges and Universities forum. They have issues.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1300409.page

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is seriously getting creepy to put this stuff up year after year.

Why are you so obsessed about where kids you don't know go to college?

You talk about "youth mental health" and how the college process has gone off the rails and is harming kids and then can't stop yourselves from obsessing endlessly about the destinations of strangers.

I care about the kids we *do* know. We don’t keep in touch with all of my kids’ old friends from preschool, ES, MS, various activities, teams, etc. but I’d love to hear where they’re heading.

+ 1, I love seeing where kids land and what they're studying

11:32 is spot on. You are creepy. You could have just contacted the parents if you actually know them.

You guys are nutters.
"Hi! We haven't seen each other in 8 years but where is Larlo heading to college?"

That was the point. OP doesn't know them.

Oh, come on! In the era of social media we all follow and stay in touch with people online that we may not have individual contact with on a regular basis. That’s perfectly normal in this day and age.

That's why these people are lonely. They are so afraid to meet people one on one. They think they still are "connected" to someone. No you are not. If you cared to keep in touch or they cared to, they would have. Go meet them in person to "catch up." Go to church. Volunteer PTA to "catch up" IRL, through email, group chats or DMs.

Not OP but can confirm I engage in plenty of in person contact, group chats, and volunteering but also take a peek at the college decision pages.

Why need to know who went where? If curious about the list of colleges to where students from a particular school is attending (your kid's hs), the school has that info that is available. Have your kid contact "friends" at high schools they don't attend to find out where "friend" Jane from preschool is going and your kid can fill you in, if your kid and you care so much. These adults are waaaay too nosy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is seriously getting creepy to put this stuff up year after year.

Why are you so obsessed about where kids you don't know go to college?

You talk about "youth mental health" and how the college process has gone off the rails and is harming kids and then can't stop yourselves from obsessing endlessly about the destinations of strangers.

I care about the kids we *do* know. We don’t keep in touch with all of my kids’ old friends from preschool, ES, MS, various activities, teams, etc. but I’d love to hear where they’re heading.

+ 1, I love seeing where kids land and what they're studying

11:32 is spot on. You are creepy. You could have just contacted the parents if you actually know them.

You guys are nutters.
"Hi! We haven't seen each other in 8 years but where is Larlo heading to college?"

That was the point. OP doesn't know them.

Oh, come on! In the era of social media we all follow and stay in touch with people online that we may not have individual contact with on a regular basis. That’s perfectly normal in this day and age.

That's why these people are lonely. They are so afraid to meet people one on one. They think they still are "connected" to someone. No you are not. If you cared to keep in touch or they cared to, they would have. Go meet them in person to "catch up." Go to church. Volunteer PTA to "catch up" IRL, through email, group chats or DMs.

Not OP but can confirm I engage in plenty of in person contact, group chats, and volunteering but also take a peek at the college decision pages.

Why need to know who went where? If curious about the list of colleges to where students from a particular school is attending (your kid's hs), the school has that info that is available. Have your kid contact "friends" at high schools they don't attend to find out where "friend" Jane from preschool is going and your kid can fill you in, if your kid and you care so much. These adults are waaaay too nosy.

Why does it matter if someone gets the information from an instagram page versus the school’s website? Back in the day, in our town it was published in the local paper. Those of you so bothered by this can’t really give a good reason and it’s weird that you’re so upset. I also have trouble believing you yourselves aren’t taking a glance at the pages too!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I showed the first post to my hs senior and asked what he thought. He said those pages are for them and their friends, not really nosy adults. He also said lots of kids don't even do a post. Especially boys.

If they want to keep them private, they should make them private.

If you are the OP, and claim you are "busy" but you respond to each poster. Does actually sound like a consultant or journalist.

I’m not the OP. I wouldn’t bother to start this thread, but I also don’t like the sanctimonious and denigrating posts and don’t think that looking at public instagram pages is stalking.

Why would a journalist be interested in decision instagram accounts?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is seriously getting creepy to put this stuff up year after year.

Why are you so obsessed about where kids you don't know go to college?

You talk about "youth mental health" and how the college process has gone off the rails and is harming kids and then can't stop yourselves from obsessing endlessly about the destinations of strangers.

I care about the kids we *do* know. We don’t keep in touch with all of my kids’ old friends from preschool, ES, MS, various activities, teams, etc. but I’d love to hear where they’re heading.

+ 1, I love seeing where kids land and what they're studying

11:32 is spot on. You are creepy. You could have just contacted the parents if you actually know them.

You guys are nutters.
"Hi! We haven't seen each other in 8 years but where is Larlo heading to college?"

That was the point. OP doesn't know them.

Oh, come on! In the era of social media we all follow and stay in touch with people online that we may not have individual contact with on a regular basis. That’s perfectly normal in this day and age.

That's why these people are lonely. They are so afraid to meet people one on one. They think they still are "connected" to someone. No you are not. If you cared to keep in touch or they cared to, they would have. Go meet them in person to "catch up." Go to church. Volunteer PTA to "catch up" IRL, through email, group chats or DMs.

Not OP but can confirm I engage in plenty of in person contact, group chats, and volunteering but also take a peek at the college decision pages.

Why need to know who went where? If curious about the list of colleges to where students from a particular school is attending (your kid's hs), the school has that info that is available. Have your kid contact "friends" at high schools they don't attend to find out where "friend" Jane from preschool is going and your kid can fill you in, if your kid and you care so much. These adults are waaaay too nosy.

Why does it matter if someone gets the information from an instagram page versus the school’s website? Back in the day, in our town it was published in the local paper. Those of you so bothered by this can’t really give a good reason and it’s weird that you’re so upset. I also have trouble believing you yourselves aren’t taking a glance at the pages too!

There have been many reasons already listed on this thread.

The high school your kid attends has the info of colleges students at that high school.will attend. Why do you need to know who is going where? Why can't you look at the summary of the colleges the class of '26 from Gonzaga or whatever other HS are going to once it's available? Journalist, writer, consultant weird creepy. It's not "back in the day" btw. Get out of your own high school days.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is seriously getting creepy to put this stuff up year after year.

Why are you so obsessed about where kids you don't know go to college?

You talk about "youth mental health" and how the college process has gone off the rails and is harming kids and then can't stop yourselves from obsessing endlessly about the destinations of strangers.

I care about the kids we *do* know. We don’t keep in touch with all of my kids’ old friends from preschool, ES, MS, various activities, teams, etc. but I’d love to hear where they’re heading.

+ 1, I love seeing where kids land and what they're studying

11:32 is spot on. You are creepy. You could have just contacted the parents if you actually know them.

You guys are nutters.
"Hi! We haven't seen each other in 8 years but where is Larlo heading to college?"

That was the point. OP doesn't know them.

Oh, come on! In the era of social media we all follow and stay in touch with people online that we may not have individual contact with on a regular basis. That’s perfectly normal in this day and age.

That's why these people are lonely. They are so afraid to meet people one on one. They think they still are "connected" to someone. No you are not. If you cared to keep in touch or they cared to, they would have. Go meet them in person to "catch up." Go to church. Volunteer PTA to "catch up" IRL, through email, group chats or DMs.

Not OP but can confirm I engage in plenty of in person contact, group chats, and volunteering but also take a peek at the college decision pages.

Why need to know who went where? If curious about the list of colleges to where students from a particular school is attending (your kid's hs), the school has that info that is available. Have your kid contact "friends" at high schools they don't attend to find out where "friend" Jane from preschool is going and your kid can fill you in, if your kid and you care so much. These adults are waaaay too nosy.

Why does it matter if someone gets the information from an instagram page versus the school’s website? Back in the day, in our town it was published in the local paper. Those of you so bothered by this can’t really give a good reason and it’s weird that you’re so upset. I also have trouble believing you yourselves aren’t taking a glance at the pages too!

They are bored trolls who get off on bullying people online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I showed the first post to my hs senior and asked what he thought. He said those pages are for them and their friends, not really nosy adults. He also said lots of kids don't even do a post. Especially boys.

If they want to keep them private, they should make them private.

If you are the OP, and claim you are "busy" but you respond to each poster. Does actually sound like a consultant or journalist.

I’m not the OP. I wouldn’t bother to start this thread, but I also don’t like the sanctimonious and denigrating posts and don’t think that looking at public instagram pages is stalking.

Why would a journalist be interested in decision instagram accounts?

I’m the OP and I saw that someone tried to post the list but had trouble with the links. I had a list from last year handy so I thought I’d post that.

For the bullies: I’m a long-time DCUM user and parent of a senior. I didn’t start that thread on feedback. Feel free to ask Jeff. If you don’t have anything constructive to share I’ll going to report your comments moving forward.

I did find the full list from last year and I’ll update the list when I’m back on my computer tomorrow.

So excited for our kids!

[Anonymous]

Expanding with a more complete list from last year and removing links that don't work.

Please LMK if you have any corrections/additions.

Please go start a new thread if you want to discuss anything else; I'm going to report off-topic comments.



DC
Banneker
Burke: https://www.instagram.com/burkeseniors/
Field: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgrads26
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors26/
Georgetown Visitation
Gonzaga
Holy Child: https://www.instagram.com/hcseniors26_/
Jackson Reed
Maret
NCS
School Without Walls: https://www.instagram.com/sww2026decisions/
Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2026/
SJC: https://www.instagram.com/sjc2026seniors/
WIS


VIRGINIA
Academies of Loudoun
Alexandria City
Annandale
Basis Independent Mclean
Bryant
Carter G. Woodson: https://www.instagram.com/cgw26decisions/
Centreville: https://www.instagram.com/cvhsdecisions2026
Chantilly: https://www.instagram.com/chantillydecisions2026
Edison: https://www.instagram.com/ehs.26decisions/
Episcopal : https://www.instagram.com/ehs2026collegedecisions
Fairfax: https://www.instagram.com/fairfaxseniors2026
Falls Church: https://www.instagram.com/fchs_26decisions/
Flint Hill
George C. Marshall: https://www.instagram.com/gcmdecisions26/
Hayfield: https://www.instagram.com/hayfielddecisions26/
Herndon: https://www.instagram.com/hhs26decisions/
James Madison: https://www.instagram.com/madisondecisions2026/
Justice: https://www.instagram.com/justice26decisions/
Lake Braddock: https://www.instagram.com/lb26decisions/
Langley: https://www.instagram.com/langleydecisions2026/
Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/lewis26decisions/
Madeira: https://www.instagram.com/madeiradecisions26/
Marshall: https://www.instagram.com/gcmdecisions26/
McLean: https://www.instagram.com/mcleancommits2026/
Meridian: https://www.instagram.com/meridiancommits26/
Mount Vernon
Mountain View: https://www.instagram.com/mvhsdecisions/
Norfolk Academy: https://www.instagram.com/naseniors2026/
O'Connell
Oakton: https://www.instagram.com/oaktondecisions2026/
Potomac
Robinson: https://www.instagram.com/robo26decisions_/
South County: https://www.instagram.com/soco.decisions.2026/
St. Anne’s
St. Paul VI
St. Stephens and St. Agnes: https://www.instagram.com/sssas.decisions26/
Thomas Jefferson: https://www.instagram.com/tj2026destinations/
Wakefield: https://www.instagram.com/whsdecisions26/
Washington-Liberty: https://www.instagram.com/wldecisions26/
Westfield: https://www.instagram.com/whs_decisions26/
West Potomac: https://www.instagram.com/wphs2026decisions/
West Springfield: https://www.instagram.com/wspf2026decisions/
Woodson: https://www.instagram.com/cgw26decisions/
Yorktown: https://www.instagram.com/yhsdecisions2026/


MARYLAND
Academy of the Holy Cross : https://www.instagram.com/ahcseniors26/
BCC : https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions2026/
Blake
Bryn Mawr: https://www.instagram.com/brynmawrclassof2026/
Bullis: https://www.instagram.com/bullis.seniors26/
Clarksburg
Damascus
Einstein: https://www.instagram.com/farewelltitans2026/
Friends School of Baltimore:
Gaithersburg: https://www.instagram.com/gburgcommits26_/
Gilman
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2026/
Kennedy
Key
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors2026/
Magruder
McDonogh: https://www.instagram.com/mcdclassof2026/
Montgomery Blair: https://www.instagram.com/blaircommits26/
Northwest: https://www.instagram.com/nwhscommits26/
Northwood
Poolesville
Quince Orchard: https://www.instagram.com/cougarcommits/
Richard Montgomery: https://www.instagram.com/rmcommits26/
River Hill: https://www.instagram.com/rhhs.26/
Rockville
Sandy Spring Friends: https://www.instagram.com/ssfs2enior5/
Seneca Valley
Severn
Sherwood
Springbrook
St. Andrews
St. Timothy's: https://www.instagram.com/sttclassof2026/
Stone Ridge
Thomas Wootton: https://www.instagram.com/peaceoutpatriot26/
Urbana High School: https://www.instagram.com/urbanaseniors26
Walt Whitman: https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2026/
Winston Churchill: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebulldog26/
Walter Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/wherethewildcatsgo2026/

Please LMK if you have any corrections/additions.

Please go start a new thread if you want to discuss anything else; I'm going to report off-topic comments.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, OP! On page 7, someone posted the link to Holy Child (private school in MD).

The Sandy Spring Friends school link is still pointing to Class of 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, OP! On page 7, someone posted the link to Holy Child (private school in MD).

The Sandy Spring Friends school link is still pointing to Class of 25.

Oops. I put HC in DC.

I’ll update both. Thanks for checking.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, OP! Can you please update the link for Washington-Liberty in VA? For some reason there are two, but the one I have pasted below is the one they are updating.

https://www.instagram.com/wldecisions26_/