Class of 2020 College Placement Results

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Anonymous wrote:I've never seen a school community so consistently obsessed with touting its college placement like the GDS community. It can't just be the same troll every year. So strange.

It's been said 10,000x but you really can't judge an entire community by DCUM. There's no percentage in trying to defend GDS on DCUM (as I'm sure will be proven by responses to this post) so many actual parents just stop trying. The majority of what's left is posts from haters/trolls/fake boosters, many easily identifiable by language and style but mysteriously still successful at stirring people up.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Ivies aren’t the end all be all. Some people are so narrow minded and only want their kids to go Ivy. Many of them get a reality check when either their kids don’t want to go or can’t get in. Big wake up call. Good news is there kid can be equally successful, if not more so, if they attend a college they want it a school that is a better fit.

So then that means that all these boys at Prep don’t want to go to an ivy? Because as PP said there were no H,Y, P.

Well as PP says, it’s about fit. Some Catholic schools emphasize conformity and self-discipline. Whereas Ivy League admissions is more about singularity, leadership, and taking initiative. Not mutually exclusive, of course. But I don’t necessarily see many of the very bright young students at my DC’s Catholic K-8 aiming for an Ivy. The school really teaches them in an explicit way to be like everyone else, not to stand out. Nothing wrong with that at all.

This is factually incorrect for the Catholic schools my children attend. If this has been your experience, I am sorry and maybe you should consider moving on to a different school or trying to make change in your current school. I have a son at Prep and can tell you they emphasize diversity, independence, leadership, and initiative all while focusing on their “mission of forming men of competence, conscience, commitment and compassion; men of faith, men for others”. They have sent countless grads to Ivy League schools as well as many other top schools. Generalizing you’re statements to all catholic schools is inaccurate and offensive.

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Anonymous wrote:These lists are all the same. Parity for college admits is the new normal.

Yep. These lists are the same as Wilson, Walls, and MD publics as well. At least for the top 100-150 kids in each class.

I didn't send my kid to private school because my goal was that 12 years later they would get into HYP

I sent DC to private because our DCPS in our ward had more than 50% of class below grade level in reading/math on Grade 3, 4& 5 ERB's. In other words clear marker of what DC's classroom would be like from Pre-K onward with 35 kids in a class to boot

DC was admitted with FA

And 12 years later what I value is the great education DC has gotten and all the wonderful experiences and memories along the way.

Great that kids seem to be getting same admit percentages to great post-secondary schools whether they went to DCPS or MD/ NOVA public or DC private, but what we wanted was a great early childhood learning environment and same in MS/ HS.

The rest takes care of itself

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Ivies aren’t the end all be all. Some people are so narrow minded and only want their kids to go Ivy. Many of them get a reality check when either their kids don’t want to go or can’t get in. Big wake up call. Good news is there kid can be equally successful, if not more so, if they attend a college they want it a school that is a better fit.

So then that means that all these boys at Prep don’t want to go to an ivy? Because as PP said there were no H,Y, P.

Well as PP says, it’s about fit. Some Catholic schools emphasize conformity and self-discipline. Whereas Ivy League admissions is more about singularity, leadership, and taking initiative. Not mutually exclusive, of course. But I don’t necessarily see many of the very bright young students at my DC’s Catholic K-8 aiming for an Ivy. The school really teaches them in an explicit way to be like everyone else, not to stand out. Nothing wrong with that at all.

This is factually incorrect for the Catholic schools my children attend. If this has been your experience, I am sorry and maybe you should consider moving on to a different school or trying to make change in your current school. I have a son at Prep and can tell you they emphasize diversity, independence, leadership, and initiative all while focusing on their “mission of forming men of competence, conscience, commitment and compassion; men of faith, men for others”. They have sent countless grads to Ivy League schools as well as many other top schools. Generalizing you’re statements to all catholic schools is inaccurate and offensive.

+1 What a load of crappy stereotyping!

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Anonymous wrote:Prep did well this year with Villanova, Elon, and USNA.

Well....

The director of college counseling from NCS will be Prep's new director of college counseling beginning this year. Prep has a great list of 2020 matriculations. Here is a list of the majority of colleges this years grads will attend.

Stanford
Duke
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Notre Dame
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
USC
Michigan
Carnegie Mellon
US Naval Academy
UVA
Georgetown
Washington University St. Louis
NYU
Boston College
Williams
UNC
Tufts
Amherst
University of Rochester
William and Mary
Villanova
Holy Cross
Bucknell
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Davidson
Colgate
UCSD
Kenyon
Gettysburg

Only two ivies?

Seriously? This is your mentality? This list is strong and many of these colleges have multiple Prep grads attending this year (not just one). You may be to narrow minded to understand that lots of grads have no desire to attend Ivies. I know plenty of top performing students who desire schools like USC, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Duke, Stanford, NYU, Williams, Bowdoin, Amherst, Washington U St. Louis, Davidson, Wake Forest, Michigan, Hopkins, UNC, UVA, Boston College, UCLA, and many more over Ivies.

Lots of other schools you didn’t mention that aren’t that great.

What are you babbling about? Of course, there are thousands of colleges in the world. The statement above is about schools that top students (not necessarily just Prep students) like to attend over Ivies. Point being, tons of students don't find Ivies attractive and have no desire to attend, even if they could or do get in.

PP might be from a place where there is an actual hierarchy of universities and incorrectly thinks that the World News rankings are legitimate, or actually about quality of education and hierarchy of admitted students. I honestly think it is difficulty for some people to comprehend the vastness and variety of colleges in the US, and how it is impossible for there to actually be one or three or nine "best" schools.

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On instagram: Hoppers.2020 for gds
It’s public

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Anonymous wrote:Prep did well this year with Villanova, Elon, and USNA.

Elon? never heard of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Prep did well this year with Villanova, Elon, and USNA.

Elon? never heard of it.

No 2020 Prep grads are going to Elon. The above poster is just a lying hater. Fake News.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Elon and I know of grads from both STA and Landon who have attended.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Ivies aren’t the end all be all. Some people are so narrow minded and only want their kids to go Ivy. Many of them get a reality check when either their kids don’t want to go or can’t get in. Big wake up call. Good news is there kid can be equally successful, if not more so, if they attend a college they want it a school that is a better fit.

So then that means that all these boys at Prep don’t want to go to an ivy? Because as PP said there were no H,Y, P.

Well as PP says, it’s about fit. Some Catholic schools emphasize conformity and self-discipline. Whereas Ivy League admissions is more about singularity, leadership, and taking initiative. Not mutually exclusive, of course. But I don’t necessarily see many of the very bright young students at my DC’s Catholic K-8 aiming for an Ivy. The school really teaches them in an explicit way to be like everyone else, not to stand out. Nothing wrong with that at all.

This is factually incorrect for the Catholic schools my children attend. If this has been your experience, I am sorry and maybe you should consider moving on to a different school or trying to make change in your current school. I have a son at Prep and can tell you they emphasize diversity, independence, leadership, and initiative all while focusing on their “mission of forming men of competence, conscience, commitment and compassion; men of faith, men for others”. They have sent countless grads to Ivy League schools as well as many other top schools. Generalizing you’re statements to all catholic schools is inaccurate and offensive.

+1 What a load of crappy stereotyping!

I am sorry that my family’s experience....did not conform to your own.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Ivies aren’t the end all be all. Some people are so narrow minded and only want their kids to go Ivy. Many of them get a reality check when either their kids don’t want to go or can’t get in. Big wake up call. Good news is there kid can be equally successful, if not more so, if they attend a college they want it a school that is a better fit.

So then that means that all these boys at Prep don’t want to go to an ivy? Because as PP said there were no H,Y, P.

Well as PP says, it’s about fit. Some Catholic schools emphasize conformity and self-discipline. Whereas Ivy League admissions is more about singularity, leadership, and taking initiative. Not mutually exclusive, of course. But I don’t necessarily see many of the very bright young students at my DC’s Catholic K-8 aiming for an Ivy. The school really teaches them in an explicit way to be like everyone else, not to stand out. Nothing wrong with that at all.

This is factually incorrect for the Catholic schools my children attend. If this has been your experience, I am sorry and maybe you should consider moving on to a different school or trying to make change in your current school. I have a son at Prep and can tell you they emphasize diversity, independence, leadership, and initiative all while focusing on their “mission of forming men of competence, conscience, commitment and compassion; men of faith, men for others”. They have sent countless grads to Ivy League schools as well as many other top schools. Generalizing you’re statements to all catholic schools is inaccurate and offensive.

+1 What a load of crappy stereotyping!

I am sorry that my family’s experience....did not conform to your own.

Who said anything about conforming, besides you? Expressing that we had a different experience and made suggestions that your experience is not the norm and you should either advocate for change or switch schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke instead of Michigan? So sorry for the future Dukie. Maybe he or she got a big scholarship...

I attended both schools. Michigan over Duke only for Michigan residents and the low tuition. Duke tops Michigan for everything else. Not that close really.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke instead of Michigan? So sorry for the future Dukie. Maybe he or she got a big scholarship...

I attended both schools. Michigan over Duke only for Michigan residents and the low tuition. Duke tops Michigan for everything else. Not that close really.

Clearly this is not accurate as it relates to Michigan’s engineering programs. They are superior to Dukes.

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Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Wow. You, sir, are the epitome of an ass...

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Anonymous wrote:At the least, Duke definitely beats Michigan in douchebag quotient. I remember the high percentage of mid Atlantic students who fancied themselves as southerners when they went there, often with the associated prejudices.

Duke is all NJ/ NY now. Nothing southern about it.

Duke has ALWAYS been all NJ/NY. When I was in college 25 or so years ago, we referred to it as the University of New Jersey at Durham. And that was not a compliment.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke is hands down better than Michigan. Its not even a contest. PP, you all are deluisional:

In just one example, and there are many, in the 2020 edition of Best Colleges and Universities, Duke University is ranked #10 among National Universities, ahead of three Ivies. Univ Michiganis ranked much further down at #25 in National Universities, tied with Carnegie Melon.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Additionally, Duke's acceptance rate is 9.86% whereas Univ. of Michigan's is 26.5%.
Duke's average SAT for accepted students is almost 100 points higher than Michigans (1510 v. 1420)

There is just no way anyone can plausibly claim Michigan is more prestigious or the better school than Duke.

This isn’t about rankings. Folks who are Michigan through and through - and there are a whole lot of them - don’t even know Duke exists. Just walk around UNWDC. There’s a Michigan flag and “Go Blue” magnet on almost every block. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Duke signs anywhere...doesn’t mean it’s not a great school, it just doesn’t have the same following.

This is probably the stupidest post trying to prove a school is great.... ever. Just Moronic. By every measure that is actually relevant, Duke is a superior school. You can have your Michigan flags and magnets. I’ll pick the Duke alum every time.

+1 Completely agree. Duke is an intellectual institution. UM is a jock school.