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[Post New]09/17/2022 00:19
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?


I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.
[Post New]09/17/2022 00:19
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?


To feel good about yourself


Joy of (kind of) Learning!
[Post New]09/17/2022 06:08
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?
[Post New]09/17/2022 06:32
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%






[Post New]09/17/2022 06:58
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%
[Post New]09/17/2022 08:29
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?


I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.


Well not a single college cares about a kid’s PSAT score
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:13
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?


I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.


Well not a single college cares about a kid’s PSAT score


+1
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:17
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%


Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:17
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

BASIS McLean: 7/30: 23.3%
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:19
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

BASIS McLean: 7/30: 23.3%

What’s the percentage of TJ?
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:32
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








GDS has 125 students in class 2023? Isn't each grade in GDS upper school ~150 students?
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:38
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%


Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223



Being a NMF in DC is really hard to do because of all the great students. It doesn’t just require a little test prep or being good at test taking. You have to score above something like the 99.5%. Congrats to all the kids who got it!!
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:45
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%


Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223



Being a NMF in DC is really hard to do because of all the great students. It doesn’t just require a little test prep or being good at test taking. You have to score above something like the 99.5%. Congrats to all the kids who got it!!


And it's a one time random test. It could be a bad day for you.
[Post New]09/17/2022 09:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.


What does this look like per capita?


Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%








Potomac: 9/115 7.8%


Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223



Being a NMF in DC is really hard to do because of all the great students. It doesn’t just require a little test prep or being good at test taking. You have to score above something like the 99.5%. Congrats to all the kids who got it!!


And it's a one time random test. It could be a bad day for you.


Pp here. I agree! I didn’t say it defined a student’s value to get or not get it. I said kudos to the kids who got it.
[Post New]09/17/2022 10:14
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Anonymous
Andover - 2
Philips Exeter -8
Dalton -13
Chapin - 1

Wow
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