Landon 2019 College Placement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon has a toxic masculinity

False again. Jim Neill isn’t having any of that. Believe me, I have done my homework — quite a bit of homework. DS is entering 9th grade. So incredibly excited. The atmosphere is not toxic. Go Bears.

This is absolutely correct. And the new 9th grade is great. Know a ton of them. All nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon has a toxic masculinity

False again. Jim Neill isn’t having any of that. Believe me, I have done my homework — quite a bit of homework. DS is entering 9th grade. So incredibly excited. The atmosphere is not toxic. Go Bears.

This is absolutely correct. And the new 9th grade is great. Know a ton of them. All nice.

Welcome--don't listen to the old stereotypes. My son loves Landon and so do we!

[Anonymous]

Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

Good for Whitman. I don't live in the Whitman district. Think I will stick with Landon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

Good for Whitman. I don't live in the Whitman district. Think I will stick with Landon.

compared to other top privates this list is simply not impressive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon has a toxic masculinity

False again. Jim Neill isn’t having any of that. Believe me, I have done my homework — quite a bit of homework. DS is entering 9th grade. So incredibly excited. The atmosphere is not toxic. Go Bears.

This is absolutely correct. And the new 9th grade is great. Know a ton of them. All nice.

Glad to read this: We have a new Bear starting in 9th as well! And, toxic is the last word that I would use to describe the Bears that I know, both past and present. The vast majority are truly good guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

Whitman has about 500 in a class. So in order for Whitman to be equivalent to Landon, they would have to have 6+ times more Ivies.

The people that sent their boys to Landon could have sent them to a public school. But they did not and what college they were going to be accepted to was probably a small part of the logic they used.

The jealousy of the public school people has not end to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Landon Lacrosse has opened many Ivy doors --Good for them!

It seems pathetic that students get a preference for playing sports like lacrosse -- sports that almost no one cares about, and that even fewer play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

This is an asinine comment. We have no idea in such a scenario of the quality of the class, the potential of legacy parents at either of the high schools, and other such variables. Who cares whether ivy or not? The college list has perfectly acceptable colleges, the kids will be happy and they received a good high school education. Move along.

I have to say, I am amazed at the fascination on DCUM with ivy league schools. What if at some high school there are 25 legacy parents and they help their kids get in. How does that show up in the stats or opinions of the high school? On average, almost 35% of legacies to ivies are admitted, compared to 8%-10% of non-legacy applicants. So juding a high school by its ivy students may really just be checking how many parents went to those colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

Whitman has about 500 in a class. So in order for Whitman to be equivalent to Landon, they would have to have 6+ times more Ivies.

The people that sent their boys to Landon could have sent them to a public school. But they did not and what college they were going to be accepted to was probably a small part of the logic they used.

The jealousy of the public school people has not end to it.

Whitman is sending 25 to the Ivies. Definitely on par with Landon. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

This is an asinine comment. We have no idea in such a scenario of the quality of the class, the potential of legacy parents at either of the high schools, and other such variables. Who cares whether ivy or not? The college list has perfectly acceptable colleges, the kids will be happy and they received a good high school education. Move along.

I have to say, I am amazed at the fascination on DCUM with ivy league schools. What if at some high school there are 25 legacy parents and they help their kids get in. How does that show up in the stats or opinions of the high school? On average, almost 35% of legacies to ivies are admitted, compared to 8%-10% of non-legacy applicants. So juding a high school by its ivy students may really just be checking how many parents went to those colleges.

This is why the private schools in DC to me don't seem very impressive. They are loaded with legacies so, if anything, you'd expect a lot more of their students to get into elite colleges. Some of these admission lists people are bragging about here aren't that different from ones at public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

This is an asinine comment. We have no idea in such a scenario of the quality of the class, the potential of legacy parents at either of the high schools, and other such variables. Who cares whether ivy or not? The college list has perfectly acceptable colleges, the kids will be happy and they received a good high school education. Move along.

I have to say, I am amazed at the fascination on DCUM with ivy league schools. What if at some high school there are 25 legacy parents and they help their kids get in. How does that show up in the stats or opinions of the high school? On average, almost 35% of legacies to ivies are admitted, compared to 8%-10% of non-legacy applicants. So juding a high school by its ivy students may really just be checking how many parents went to those colleges.

This is why the private schools in DC to me don't seem very impressive. They are loaded with legacies so, if anything, you'd expect a lot more of their students to get into elite colleges. Some of these admission lists people are bragging about here aren't that different from ones at public schools.

This is so true. I was looking at another school''s 2019 list and only 1/ 7 admitted to three very top colleges was not from rich legacy donor family or for sports. .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

Whitman has about 500 in a class. So in order for Whitman to be equivalent to Landon, they would have to have 6+ times more Ivies.

The people that sent their boys to Landon could have sent them to a public school. But they did not and what college they were going to be accepted to was probably a small part of the logic they used.

The jealousy of the public school people has not end to it.

Whitman is sending 25 to the Ivies. Definitely on par with Landon. Sorry.

NP. This is such a pointless comparison. As pointed out above, most kids who go to Landon don't live in the Whitman district, and the ones who do and chose Landon did so because of something that Landon offered that Whitman doesn't. Among those that I know are families looking for a smaller class size, single-sex education, or better opportunities for sports that Whitman is weak at, like lacrosse and football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 5 Ivies in a class of 80? Whitman did better. Not great for an alleged top private.

This is an asinine comment. We have no idea in such a scenario of the quality of the class, the potential of legacy parents at either of the high schools, and other such variables. Who cares whether ivy or not? The college list has perfectly acceptable colleges, the kids will be happy and they received a good high school education. Move along.

I have to say, I am amazed at the fascination on DCUM with ivy league schools. What if at some high school there are 25 legacy parents and they help their kids get in. How does that show up in the stats or opinions of the high school? On average, almost 35% of legacies to ivies are admitted, compared to 8%-10% of non-legacy applicants. So juding a high school by its ivy students may really just be checking how many parents went to those colleges.

This is why the private schools in DC to me don't seem very impressive. They are loaded with legacies so, if anything, you'd expect a lot more of their students to get into elite colleges. Some of these admission lists people are bragging about here aren't that different from ones at public schools.

This is so true. I was looking at another school''s 2019 list and only 1/ 7 admitted to three very top colleges was not from rich legacy donor family or for sports. .

This makes schools like Thomas Jefferson seem all the more impressive. Doubt there's many big donors there or legacies or kids playing silly sports like fencing or lacrosse or the panoply of other dumb "hooks" private school families rely on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon has a toxic masculinity

False again. Jim Neill isn’t having any of that. Believe me, I have done my homework — quite a bit of homework. DS is entering 9th grade. So incredibly excited. The atmosphere is not toxic. Go Bears.

This is absolutely correct. And the new 9th grade is great. Know a ton of them. All nice.

Glad to read this: We have a new Bear starting in 9th as well! And, toxic is the last word that I would use to describe the Bears that I know, both past and present. The vast majority are truly good guys.

Yep. Solid group. New boys will fit in well and be welcomed day one. And a good number of new students in 9th.