McKinley Tech

[Anonymous]

It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

[Anonymous]

UMC white and Asian kids who apply to highly selective colleges with low AP scores across the board (or predicted International Baccalaureate) should expect that their applications won't be read in full, period. Only recruited athletes will be in the running with low AP scores.

Affirmative action admissions may help minority applicants with low AP scores avoid the same fate, or it may not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

This almost sounds like a troll....No one does that. They are being mislead and dupped out of money by somebody. This is just sad on so many levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ultra competitive Banneker with its....hopeless magnet SATS?

If your kid is white or Asian kid and interested in McKinley Tech, they need to be OK with being part of a tiny minority (in the single digits). Parents need to be prepared for teachers and guidance counselors who cheer for UMC kids who score 3s on AP exams, without seeming to register that 3s are pretty much useless to UMC applicants applying to competitive colleges. There's no push for students to score 4s and 5s. To my mind, it's all a bit of a joke if your family isn't low SES and minority.

this is a shameful post, and is an example of how DCUM posts perpetuate segretation. overtly. By discouraging people who would otherwise be open.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

+1. APs don't have sway in the application process. Most kids take the most challenging APs senior year, as a way to get college credit. that's what it's useful for. and I say this is a former AP scholar who came into college with sophomore standing, largely from results on APs tests that i took May of senior year, when I was already enrolled in my college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ultra competitive Banneker with its....hopeless magnet SATS?

If your kid is white or Asian kid and interested in McKinley Tech, they need to be OK with being part of a tiny minority (in the single digits). Parents need to be prepared for teachers and guidance counselors who cheer for UMC kids who score 3s on AP exams, without seeming to register that 3s are pretty much useless to UMC applicants applying to competitive colleges. There's no push for students to score 4s and 5s. To my mind, it's all a bit of a joke if your family isn't low SES and minority.

this is a shameful post, and is an example of how DCUM posts perpetuate segretation. overtly. By discouraging people who would otherwise be open.

Is the post shameful or is DCPS shameful? Fact is, the great majority of high SES and white families outside the Wilson catchment area run to charters, the burbs or privates for both MS and HS. It's also true that DCPS HS college counseling is abysmal, even at Walls and Wilson (350 students per counselor, what else could it be?).

Don't shoot the messenger. You're missing what discourages parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

+1. APs don't have sway in the application process. Most kids take the most challenging APs senior year, as a way to get college credit. that's what it's useful for. and I say this is a former AP scholar who came into college with sophomore standing, largely from results on APs tests that i took May of senior year, when I was already enrolled in my college.

Dream on. When I applied to my alma mater, applicants were routinely admitted with one or two AP scores in the 3s. Flash forward more than 30s years and most applicants submit at least half a dozen AP scores in the 4s and 5s. Moreover, when I applied, nearly 20% of applicants were admitted. Now the admissions rate is less than 7%. Same story at most highly selective colleges.

[Anonymous]

Looking for shameful? 2% white and 0% Asian at McKinley, a magnet high school. Point this out and you're racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ultra competitive Banneker with its....hopeless magnet SATS?

If your kid is white or Asian kid and interested in McKinley Tech, they need to be OK with being part of a tiny minority (in the single digits). Parents need to be prepared for teachers and guidance counselors who cheer for UMC kids who score 3s on AP exams, without seeming to register that 3s are pretty much useless to UMC applicants applying to competitive colleges. There's no push for students to score 4s and 5s. To my mind, it's all a bit of a joke if your family isn't low SES and minority.

this is a shameful post, and is an example of how DCUM posts perpetuate segretation. overtly. By discouraging people who would otherwise be open.

I'm really glad this person showed their true self though. A lot of the racists on DCUM at least try and pretend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for shameful? 2% white and 0% Asian at McKinley, a magnet high school. Point this out and you're racist.

These are much more the on brand DCUM defensive racists

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

+1. APs don't have sway in the application process. Most kids take the most challenging APs senior year, as a way to get college credit. that's what it's useful for. and I say this is a former AP scholar who came into college with sophomore standing, largely from results on APs tests that i took May of senior year, when I was already enrolled in my college.

Dream on. When I applied to my alma mater, applicants were routinely admitted with one or two AP scores in the 3s. Flash forward more than 30s years and most applicants submit at least half a dozen AP scores in the 4s and 5s. Moreover, when I applied, nearly 20% of applicants were admitted. Now the admissions rate is less than 7%. Same story at most highly selective colleges.

APs don't matter to the point where you take a gap year to take them again. And they definitely don't sway admissions at highly selective schools - whoever says this has not been through the process recently. Grades, test scores and for tippy top schools a standout activity/interest is what makes it. Many of the privates in our area don't even offer APs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for shameful? 2% white and 0% Asian at McKinley, a magnet high school. Point this out and you're racist.

Well I guess "Buck Connor" is keeping people from applying to the school. You know hoarding applications, the hoses, threatening parents, etc. and just plain being aggressive to those that don't apply. I guess a sit in or march is necessary to make the disenfranchised apply to an open public high school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

+1. APs don't have sway in the application process. Most kids take the most challenging APs senior year, as a way to get college credit. that's what it's useful for. and I say this is a former AP scholar who came into college with sophomore standing, largely from results on APs tests that i took May of senior year, when I was already enrolled in my college.

Dream on. When I applied to my alma mater, applicants were routinely admitted with one or two AP scores in the 3s. Flash forward more than 30s years and most applicants submit at least half a dozen AP scores in the 4s and 5s. Moreover, when I applied, nearly 20% of applicants were admitted. Now the admissions rate is less than 7%. Same story at most highly selective colleges.

APs don't matter to the point where you take a gap year to take them again. And they definitely don't sway admissions at highly selective schools - whoever says this has not been through the process recently. Grades, test scores and for tippy top schools a standout activity/interest is what makes it. Many of the privates in our area don't even offer APs.

I've worked in college admissions for a long time. This post is delusional. GPA is only so important where colleges know that a school routinely doles out easy As. The privates in our area who don't offer APs do so because they can't begin to compete with AP outputs coming out of the high-octane suburban magnets. At TJ, a third of the students are PSAT National Merit semifinalists, and the great majority of students score 4s and 5s on AP sciences. Some tony private schools creatively play their own game academically, with mixed results in admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't sound like you're genuinely asking.

I'm currently tutoring several McKinley tech seniors who were quite poorly prepared for post junior year AP STEM examinations. The families weren't prepared for the student to score 3s when they were expecting 4s-5. Once the students earned 3s, McKinley teachers and admins told these families that these scores were just fine for admissions to selective colleges. The families didn't buy it. Two of the student will not apply to college this winter - they're going to apply from gap years, once they've earned better AP scores.

Again, UMC buyer beware at McKinley Tech.

Whoever gave them this advice is supremely stupid. APs do not have that much sway in the college application process. There had to be other reasons they didn't apply to college. Using APs as an excuse makes no sense. There are million other ways to strengthen an application than re-taking APs. Just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And I've actually got a kid at an Ivy who graduated from DCPS and we are Black.

+1. APs don't have sway in the application process. Most kids take the most challenging APs senior year, as a way to get college credit. that's what it's useful for. and I say this is a former AP scholar who came into college with sophomore standing, largely from results on APs tests that i took May of senior year, when I was already enrolled in my college.

Dream on. When I applied to my alma mater, applicants were routinely admitted with one or two AP scores in the 3s. Flash forward more than 30s years and most applicants submit at least half a dozen AP scores in the 4s and 5s. Moreover, when I applied, nearly 20% of applicants were admitted. Now the admissions rate is less than 7%. Same story at most highly selective colleges.

APs don't matter to the point where you take a gap year to take them again. And they definitely don't sway admissions at highly selective schools - whoever says this has not been through the process recently. Grades, test scores and for tippy top schools a standout activity/interest is what makes it. Many of the privates in our area don't even offer APs.

I've worked in college admissions for a long time. This post is delusional. GPA is only so important where colleges know that a school routinely doles out easy As. The privates in our area who don't offer APs do so because they can't begin to compete with AP outputs coming out of the high-octane suburban magnets. At TJ, a third of the students are PSAT National Merit semifinalists, and the great majority of students score 4s and 5s on AP sciences. Some tony private schools creatively play their own game academically, with mixed results in admissions.

So are you saying it’s normal to take a freaking gap year solely to retake AP exams???