Bethesda Magazine - List of College Acceptances

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Keep in mind that in public schools there is no one telling you you can't apply to certain schools.

So private schools can tell a student they can't apply to a certain college? As a parent I'd be p/o about that. If I'm paying for the applications, my kid will apply where I want her to, be it from a public or private school. The results are hers to own, not the school's.

Do a search on older threads. There's been lots of discussion about this - private school counselors are generally much more assertive about recommending certain colleges and dissuading kids from applying to other colleges. Sure, some kids buck the counselor's recommendations, but you do this at your own risk because the counselor needs to write recommendations to support the application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

Actually, no. That would be the magnets at Richard Montgomery or Blair. Or maybe some of the other area publics like Wooton or Churchill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I somehow get the sense there is some "conclusion first, rationale second" analysis going on here.

I somehow get the sense that you don't appreciate the validity of the points being made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

You need to take a trip on over to the "Any Parents Disappointed With College Placement?" thread. There you can check out the lists from elite privates for non-HYP acceptances/matriculations, and while you're there you can ogle all the nasty posters calling, for example, certain STA results dismal and worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

You need to take a trip on over to the "Any Parents Disappointed With College Placement?" thread. There you can check out the lists from elite privates for non-HYP acceptances/matriculations, and while you're there you can ogle all the nasty posters calling, for example, certain STA results dismal and worse.

According to a recent Sidwell publication University of Michigan was the number one school in terms of both applicants (26 out of a class of about 120, or 22%) AND Sidwell students attending. At Whitman it's second to UMD in terms of number of applicants (100 applicants out of about 450 students, or 22%), and probably number attending as well. According to that same publication 2 or fewer Sidwell students went to Princeton and Yale, 3 to Harvard. Not too dissimilar. By contrast, Sidwell has one going to Penn while 7 were admitted from Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I somehow get the sense there is some "conclusion first, rationale second" analysis going on here.

I somehow get the sense that you don't appreciate the validity of the points being made.

Exactly what points have you made? I just see someone trying to denigrate private schools without any factual support. Please show me some position supported by facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I somehow get the sense there is some "conclusion first, rationale second" analysis going on here.

I somehow get the sense that you don't appreciate the validity of the points being made.

Exactly what points have you made? I just see someone trying to denigrate private schools without any factual support. Please show me some position supported by facts.

Not the PP you are quoting, but what seems to have happened is that someone posted public school college admission stats on the private school board to poke fun at the public schools. Who is doing the deinigrating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I somehow get the sense there is some "conclusion first, rationale second" analysis going on here.

I somehow get the sense that you don't appreciate the validity of the points being made.

Exactly what points have you made? I just see someone trying to denigrate private schools without any factual support. Please show me some position supported by facts.

Not the PP you are quoting, but what seems to have happened is that someone posted public school college admission stats on the private school board to poke fun at the public schools. Who is doing the deinigrating?

Yup. So the thread isn't going in the public-school-bashing way that some of you were apparently hoping for when you started it. Cry me a river.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
According to a recent Sidwell publication University of Michigan was the number one school in terms of both applicants (26 out of a class of about 120, or 22%) AND Sidwell students attending. At Whitman it's second to UMD in terms of number of applicants (100 applicants out of about 450 students, or 22%), and probably number attending as well. According to that same publication 2 or fewer Sidwell students went to Princeton and Yale, 3 to Harvard. Not too dissimilar. By contrast, Sidwell has one going to Penn while 7 were admitted from Whitman.

Thanks PP, these are the first solid numbers on Sidwell I've seen this year. I know of some anecdotal evidence from DC's friends who graduated this year, but it doesn't really change this picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to a recent Sidwell publication ...

I'm very curious -- what publication is this? Please post a link or a copy, so we all can see it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to a recent Sidwell publication ...

I'm very curious -- what publication is this? Please post a link or a copy, so we all can see it!

The most recent alumni magazine, which has a page with random college stats. The Penn reference, for example, is under the category of number attending Quaker colleges.

BTW the number of students attending Michigan is 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

LOL, so true! And in some cases, money may not even have been saved. I always laugh at the "save your money" people, who then go on to send their kids to schools where you have to buy an $800k+ home to even be in the boundaries to go there. Hardly a "public" school...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

LOL, so true! And in some cases, money may not even have been saved. I always laugh at the "save your money" people, who then go on to send their kids to schools where you have to buy an $800k+ home to even be in the boundaries to go there. Hardly a "public" school...

You don't understand that buying an $800k house is "saving" (building equity) compared to writing tuition checks? To quote another recent poster, please take the free course on the benefits of home ownership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

LOL, so true! And in some cases, money may not even have been saved. I always laugh at the "save your money" people, who then go on to send their kids to schools where you have to buy an $800k+ home to even be in the boundaries to go there. Hardly a "public" school...

You don't understand that buying an $800k house is "saving" (building equity) compared to writing tuition checks? To quote another recent poster, please take the free course on the benefits of home ownership.

Hi clueless poster- the point is not everyone can afford an 800,000 house that enables them to go to a top public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Whitman - arguable one of the top 5 public schools in the country. Billed as the best public high school in the area.

Yale - 17 applied - 1 got in
Harvard - 25 applied - 2 got in
Princeton - 22 applied - 2 got in

That is about the same as the broader admissions pool.

Not impressive and not the same as the Big 3.

Public schools parents rant as rave - save your money -- in this case - it appears money was saved and the results were nowhere near the same.

You need to take a trip on over to the "Any Parents Disappointed With College Placement?" thread. There you can check out the lists from elite privates for non-HYP acceptances/matriculations, and while you're there you can ogle all the nasty posters calling, for example, certain STA results dismal and worse.

According to a recent Sidwell publication University of Michigan was the number one school in terms of both applicants (26 out of a class of about 120, or 22%) AND Sidwell students attending. At Whitman it's second to UMD in terms of number of applicants (100 applicants out of about 450 students, or 22%), and probably number attending as well. According to that same publication 2 or fewer Sidwell students went to Princeton and Yale, 3 to Harvard. Not too dissimilar. By contrast, Sidwell has one going to Penn while 7 were admitted from Whitman.

Sidwell and other elite privates don't publish precise matriculation lists because they benefit from the false impression that most graduates head off to top 25 schools. Michigan is a fine school, but it's not quit top 25 and certainly not top tier.