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Anonymous wrote:They aren’t better than the privates. Bethesda Magazine indicates that W school admissions outcomes are good, but hardly great.

How does it “indicate” this?

Someone upthread posted the numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Gosh I’m so sorry that so many kids from public schools are outperforming your precious child in some private school. I know it must hurt deeply to be spending 60K/year only for your child to be admitted to Colby College or Colgate University. Sorry I struck a nerve but do carry on

Outperforming?!? You think sending 5% of a public school’s graduating class to T20/25 colleges is outperforming a private school that sends 40% to 50% of its graduating class to the same colleges? At this point, I could make a sarcastic comment about public school education, statistics, and reading comprehension…but I’ll refrain. Try to enjoy your day, public school parent.

The fact that you refer to me as a public school parent thinking it’s an insult actually says a lot about your character or lack thereof. As for your patently false claim of private schools sending 40 to 50% of their graduating class to top 20 colleges….LOL. A quick look at all the college placements even last year will give you an entirely different picture but you can keep deluding yourself. People choose private for their kids for a lot of reasons and that’s great but to be so insecure and constantly post false information just shows how conflicted you are.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Gosh I’m so sorry that so many kids from public schools are outperforming your precious child in some private school. I know it must hurt deeply to be spending 60K/year only for your child to be admitted to Colby College or Colgate University. Sorry I struck a nerve but do carry on

Outperforming?!? You think sending 5% of a public school’s graduating class to T20/25 colleges is outperforming a private school that sends 40% to 50% of its graduating class to the same colleges? At this point, I could make a sarcastic comment about public school education, statistics, and reading comprehension…but I’ll refrain. Try to enjoy your day, public school parent.

The fact that you refer to me as a public school parent thinking it’s an insult actually says a lot about your character or lack thereof. As for your patently false claim of private schools sending 40 to 50% of their graduating class to top 20 colleges….LOL. A quick look at all the college placements even last year will give you an entirely different picture but you can keep deluding yourself. People choose private for their kids for a lot of reasons and that’s great but to be so insecure and constantly post false information just shows how conflicted you are.

You are an insult to public school parents, and a horrible representation.
As someone already mentioned, the proof of Sidwell’s over 40% placement in T20/25 colleges has already been posted upthread. LOOK IT UP, and stop trying to get everyone else to do your homework.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

Meanwhile you're getting an inferior product for what you pay.
Get it

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

In other words, you don’t know how to access Sidwell’s PUBLICLY AVAILABLE college admissions data, without assistance from private school parents. Got it!

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

Meanwhile you're getting an inferior product for what you pay.
Get it

You think 5% is greater than 40%, so ok…
Too bad you can’t afford private school tuition, a home in an “excellent” public school tuition, and tuition to the colleges of my children’s choice. Is that why you’re posting your angry, bitter diatribes on the private school forum?!?

It sucks to be you.

[Anonymous]

^ a home in an “excellent” public school pyramid.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

In other words, you don’t know how to access Sidwell’s PUBLICLY AVAILABLE college admissions data, without assistance from private school parents. Got it!

DP but where is Sidwell's PUBLICLY AVAILABLE college data?

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

Meanwhile you're getting an inferior product for what you pay.
Get it

You think 5% is greater than 40%, so ok…
Too bad you can’t afford private school tuition, a home in an “excellent” public school tuition, and tuition to the colleges of my children’s choice. Is that why you’re posting your angry, bitter diatribes on the private school forum?!?

It sucks to be you.

5% is better than any made-up 40%.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

In other words, you don’t know how to access Sidwell’s PUBLICLY AVAILABLE college admissions data, without assistance from private school parents. Got it!

DP but where is Sidwell's PUBLICLY AVAILABLE college data?

https://letmegooglethat.com/

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

Meanwhile you're getting an inferior product for what you pay.
Get it

You think 5% is greater than 40%, so ok…
Too bad you can’t afford private school tuition, a home in an “excellent” public school tuition, and tuition to the colleges of my children’s choice. Is that why you’re posting your angry, bitter diatribes on the private school forum?!?

It sucks to be you.

5% is better than any made-up 40%.

DP. Didn’t someone just say the proof is posted upthread. Are you really that lazy, public school parent?!?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What percentage of W school students are going to T20 colleges?

It's like 5%.

PP here. I did the math a while ago. There are about 4,600 graduating seniors in the "Bethesda Area Schools." Last year about 250 matriculated to top 20 schools.

Schools included are Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, WJ, Blair, Einstein, BCC, Richard Montgomery

What!? Did you seriously sit down and figure this out? Oh my goodness. Listen I attended public high school so I won't diss publics more than I need to but anyone that can afford privates knows the difference. They are night and day. I have friends that were at these and fled to privates. I wish them well but seriously I would never give up my kids' private school education and experience from pre-k to graduating for public. I just would not.

Yes I did sit down to do it because many were claiming at the time that these publics had better outcomes than private schools. And that could very well be the case depending on the private school. But top private schools are more in the 20-25 percent range.

I’m not sure the data is directly comparable because private schools are selective by nature while public schools have to take everyone. Also, on average, private schools cater to wealthier families so even at top magnets, many high performing students will pick UMD or UVA over higher ranked private colleges and universities. These are typically kids from donut hole families who get little to no financial aid but for whom paying full freight is a lot of money especially if they have more than 1 kid

Then stop trying to compare W public schools (or whatever they’re called) to top DC private schools. You can’t have it both ways. The top publics in MD are sending 5% of their students to T20 colleges, while Big 3/5/7 are sending 25% or more. In Sidwell’s case, it’s more than 40%.

Try to be happy with your children’s free and adequate public schooling. Frequent comparison posts on the private school forum, like these, says you’re still struggling with that decision.

Please stop trying to quote percentages. It is so misleading! Of course the public school graduating class is way bigger so the percentage becomes way smaller. Let’s talk raw numbers and based on just raw numbers these schools have done very well. The only reason they came up was because the OP has listed college admission pages for both public and private schools and it’s quite impressive to see how well the kids are doing in public schools as well.

Do you hear yourself?!? Comparing raw numbers is stupid and definitely misleading. Comparing the T20 college admissions results of some public behemoth with 600 graduating seniors to STA’s 75 TOTAL graduating seniors makes sense to you? Is that what’s being taught at your neighborhood public?

I’ll stop quoting percentages when you stop trying to compare “top” public schools to top private schools. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Do you hear yourself!? Comparing percentage is stupid and definitely misleading because A) public school graduating class is way bigger, therefore the percentage will always be smaller ...
B) the vast majority of the public schools class doesn't even apply to the ivies or T20, so the percentage will always be wrong and misleading.

And you still haven't post the link for your Sidwell numbers.

DP

Yeah, you sound like you’ve received a free education. Look up the Sidwell information yourself, lazy.

In other words, you're pulling numbers out of your a$$
Get it

Sure, Jan. Just be happy with your little 5% and go. You’re clearly getting what you pay for.

Meanwhile you're getting an inferior product for what you pay.
Get it

You think 5% is greater than 40%, so ok…
Too bad you can’t afford private school tuition, a home in an “excellent” public school tuition, and tuition to the colleges of my children’s choice. Is that why you’re posting your angry, bitter diatribes on the private school forum?!?

It sucks to be you.

5% is better than any made-up 40%.

DP. Didn’t someone just say the proof is posted upthread. Are you really that lazy, public school parent?!?

No one has posted proof upthread.