College Acceptances This Year In MCPS

[Anonymous]

How many MCPS kids are from “donut hole” families, who don’t bother to apply ED to “top” schools they won’t be able to afford without substantial merit aid? How many Blair/Poolesville magnet kids wind up taking the full ride at College Park because they couldn’t pay for Stanford or MIT?

It’s comparing apples and oranges, and tells you nothing about the actual merits of the students or the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year the admittance to top 20 schools is down unless kids not posting.

It might be surprising to some, but more and more HS kids are keeping ED acceptance results to themselves out of kindness to their peers. They don’t all need to instantly rush to Instagram to brag. Last year it wasn’t until March/April that I started to see the results for many top students I knew at the HS I teach at.

And to the person who posted the list of all the private school Instagram pages - good grief. Take a chill pill. 🙄

++1. Anyone who wants to see the list can look up the overly active thread in the private school forum or find the IG pages themself. Let’s try and do better by not stalking HS Seniors and their respective HS about college acceptances/decisions while they are in the midst of a stressful time.

The public ones, at least, are unofficial and self-reported. My own kid doesn’t even have an instagram account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like this thread. Helpful in seeing if we want to keep kids in MCPS or go for a private. Here is the full list. If you don't like it, skp this post. Some of us find it helpful. And most know that not "all kids post" and to look at Bethesda Magazine with a grain of arctic salt!

St. Andrews Episcopal School (SAES)
https://www.instagram.com/saes24decisions

Georgetown Day school (GDS)
https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors2024

Sidwell Friends School (SFS)
https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2024

Maret
https://www.instagram.com/maretfrogs2024

Holton Arms
https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2024

Landon
https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors24

Connelly School of the Holy Child (Holy Child)
https://www.instagram.com/hcseniors24

St. John’s College( high)
https://www.instagram.com/sjc2024seniors

Bullis School
https://www.instagram.com/bullisseniors24/

Potomac School
https://www.instagram.com/pmacdecisions2024/

Sandy Springs Friends School (SSFS)
https://www.instagram.com/ssfs24seniors

The Heights
https://www.instagram.com/heights24.seniors

Stone Ridge
https://www.instagram.com/srseniors24/

Flint Hill:
https://www.instagram.com/flinthilldecisions24 (https://www.instagram.com/flinthilldecisions24)

Edmund Burke:
https://www.instagram.com/burkeseniors/

Field:
https://www.instagram.com/fieldgrads.2024/

Maderia:
https://www.instagram.com/madeiradecisions24/

Georgetown Visitation ("Visitation"/ "Visi")
https://www.instagram.com/v1s1collegedecisions2024/

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Two "W" publics for perspective:
*typically refers to a high level public

Walt Whitman (Bethesda):
https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations2024/

Winston Churchill (Potomac):
https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2024/

Bethesda Chevy Chase High School ("BCC") (Commonly included in the "W" public schools)
https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions_2024/

Mind boggling back-door private school recruiting on the mcps board!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year the admittance to top 20 schools is down unless kids not posting.

It might be surprising to some, but more and more HS kids are keeping ED acceptance results to themselves out of kindness to their peers. They don’t all need to instantly rush to Instagram to brag. Last year it wasn’t until March/April that I started to see the results for many top students I knew at the HS I teach at.

And to the person who posted the list of all the private school Instagram pages - good grief. Take a chill pill. 🙄

++1. Anyone who wants to see the list can look up the overly active thread in the private school forum or find the IG pages themself. Let’s try and do better by not stalking HS Seniors and their respective HS about college acceptances/decisions while they are in the midst of a stressful time.

The public ones, at least, are unofficial and self-reported. My own kid doesn’t even have an instagram account.

All of them are self-reported but no kid is going to lie about it. Your kid doesn't need an instagram account to have their admit posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year the admittance to top 20 schools is down unless kids not posting.

It might be surprising to some, but more and more HS kids are keeping ED acceptance results to themselves out of kindness to their peers. They don’t all need to instantly rush to Instagram to brag. Last year it wasn’t until March/April that I started to see the results for many top students I knew at the HS I teach at.

And to the person who posted the list of all the private school Instagram pages - good grief. Take a chill pill. 🙄

++1. Anyone who wants to see the list can look up the overly active thread in the private school forum or find the IG pages themself. Let’s try and do better by not stalking HS Seniors and their respective HS about college acceptances/decisions while they are in the midst of a stressful time.

The public ones, at least, are unofficial and self-reported. My own kid doesn’t even have an instagram account.

All of them are self-reported but no kid is going to lie about it. Your kid doesn't need an instagram account to have their admit posted.

Kids only post once they've made a final decision to attend. So kids admitted ED often report (but some don't). Kids admitted EA often are happy to get the admission but waiting to see about their RD schools before making an announcement of where they'll attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Comparing to private school ED which is filled with IVYs and maybe a few at MCPS W & BCC - it's a pittance.

Many MCPS kids can’t afford to apply early. They need to wait to financial aid decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many MCPS kids are from “donut hole” families, who don’t bother to apply ED to “top” schools they won’t be able to afford without substantial merit aid? How many Blair/Poolesville magnet kids wind up taking the full ride at College Park because they couldn’t pay for Stanford or MIT?

It’s comparing apples and oranges, and tells you nothing about the actual merits of the students or the schools.

The rich have to believe that their kids are the best-best-best. And that the college you go to will determine everything good or bad about your life trajectory. Or else, all this money, it's for...

[Anonymous]

Yes, OP, kids from MCPS are getting accepted to colleges this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many MCPS kids are from “donut hole” families, who don’t bother to apply ED to “top” schools they won’t be able to afford without substantial merit aid? How many Blair/Poolesville magnet kids wind up taking the full ride at College Park because they couldn’t pay for Stanford or MIT?

It’s comparing apples and oranges, and tells you nothing about the actual merits of the students or the schools.

The rich have to believe that their kids are the best-best-best. And that the college you go to will determine everything good or bad about your life trajectory. Or else, all this money, it's for...

W school parents are the same way - please with this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

My child attends a W school. She also qualifies for some Pell grant. She, and almost all of her friends have already been admitted to some great universities but need to wait for the financial packages to be sent before committing. With the FAFSA delay, I think it will cause most students to delay announcing until they know for sure. However, private parents who are already used to spending 50k a year on school, can feel more confident in making the choice without money being the deciding factor.

[Anonymous]

Weird that you all are tracking private school matriculations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Comparing to private school ED which is filled with IVYs and maybe a few at MCPS W & BCC - it's a pittance.

Definitely a few if the W school is Wheaton! But, I only know that from kids telling friends. A lot of public school kids aren't posting yet. Not everyone posts on IG, and the schools I know did start these until April in previous years, so even if they have it up now, it may not be on kids' radar. And, some are waiting on RD. It's all good, people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Comparing to private school ED which is filled with IVYs and maybe a few at MCPS W & BCC - it's a pittance.

Definitely a few if the W school is Wheaton! But, I only know that from kids telling friends. A lot of public school kids aren't posting yet. Not everyone posts on IG, and the schools I know did start these until April in previous years, so even if they have it up now, it may not be on kids' radar. And, some are waiting on RD. It's all good, people.

Wheaton is so far from a W school it isn’t funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Comparing to private school ED which is filled with IVYs and maybe a few at MCPS W & BCC - it's a pittance.

Definitely a few if the W school is Wheaton! But, I only know that from kids telling friends. A lot of public school kids aren't posting yet. Not everyone posts on IG, and the schools I know did start these until April in previous years, so even if they have it up now, it may not be on kids' radar. And, some are waiting on RD. It's all good, people.

Wheaton is so far from a W school it isn’t funny.

Oh stop it. It literally starts with a W

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Comparing to private school ED which is filled with IVYs and maybe a few at MCPS W & BCC - it's a pittance.

Definitely a few if the W school is Wheaton! But, I only know that from kids telling friends. A lot of public school kids aren't posting yet. Not everyone posts on IG, and the schools I know did start these until April in previous years, so even if they have it up now, it may not be on kids' radar. And, some are waiting on RD. It's all good, people.

Wheaton is so far from a W school it isn’t funny.

Oh stop it. It literally starts with a W

np.. you are not understanding the moniker.

The W schools mean "wealthy and white (Asian" schools.

https://ggwash.org/view/34388/segregation-is-causing-montgomery-county-schools-achievement-gap-but-josh-starr-wont-admit-it