The Potomac School Matriculation

[Anonymous]

Who cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

[Anonymous]

That 11 went to W&L is much less surprising than Potomac admitting that one went to NVCC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

UVA and WM prefer private school kids. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

I would be so pissed if I paid for potomac and my kid was going to CC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

UVA and WM prefer private school kids. Sorry.

Why are you sorry? My kids are already in, and what you said isn't even true. It's actually easier to get in from "diverse" public high schools - this is pretty well known.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be so pissed if I paid for potomac and my kid was going to CC!

Or even JMU or CNU. What a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

You guys don't get it. The overwhelming number of families at Potomac don't care about the cost. The wealth at that school and others like it is astounding.

My kids attend a Big3 school (on some aid) and the average income is easily north of 800K. People don't care about the cost of tuition. They have elaborate houses, fabulous second houses, luxury cars, etc. Paying $50k/year per kid for school is nothing. Most donate a lot of money to the school beyond it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys don't get it. The overwhelming number of families at Potomac don't care about the cost. The wealth at that school and others like it is astounding.

My kids attend a Big3 school (on some aid) and the average income is easily north of 800K. People don't care about the cost of tuition. They have elaborate houses, fabulous second houses, luxury cars, etc. Paying $50k/year per kid for school is nothing. Most donate a lot of money to the school beyond it.

I don't care how much money you have. It hurts to think that highly of yourself and then send your kid to a college that accepts 80% of applicants. Anyone denying this is lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

Now run the percentages rather than the number of individuals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys don't get it. The overwhelming number of families at Potomac don't care about the cost. The wealth at that school and others like it is astounding.

My kids attend a Big3 school (on some aid) and the average income is easily north of 800K. People don't care about the cost of tuition. They have elaborate houses, fabulous second houses, luxury cars, etc. Paying $50k/year per kid for school is nothing. Most donate a lot of money to the school beyond it.

I don't care how much money you have. It hurts to think that highly of yourself and then send your kid to a college that accepts 80% of applicants. Anyone denying this is lying.

Put it in different perspective, for those kids getting into mediocre colleges, if they went to public, result probably would be worse.
After all, going to private like Sidwell is more for connection building?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

Now run the percentages rather than the number of individuals.

If you take out all the FARMS kids who didn't even apply to 4 year college, our percentage would be higher. Our school is 50% FARMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.potomacschool.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation

Huge # going to UVA, Wake Forest, W&M, and surprisingly many going to W&L. Here's the list for Virginia schools:

College of William & Mary (18)
George Mason University
James Madison University (3)
Marymount University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
University of Mary Washington (2)
University of Richmond (2)
University of Virginia (30)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech (6)
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University (11)

Parents could have enrolled their kids at Langley or McLean with the same or better results. This is also for 4 years.

Bingo. Or even better come out to Loudoun. We have similar UVA/WM numbers.

No, you don't.

I assure you our mediocre, run of the mill public high school sends 7-8 kids to UVA each year. Sorry you wasted all that money.

Now run the percentages rather than the number of individuals.

I would expect better admissions statistics from a $200k private school. I wonder what would be the most effective use of $200k to maximize elite college admissions: attending a top NOVA public school while spending $200k on tutors, private counselors, test prep, and extracurriculars, or spending that $200k on tuition at Potomac School. The truly wealthy families at Potomac are probably doing both.