Gamble on Lowell?

[Anonymous]

I would not do it. My DS spent many years there and was no prepared for his Big 3 HS. Tested very well but he was very behind in STEM. Took a lot of work to catch up. It is a very safe, caring place though.

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Anonymous wrote:I am confused about what the gamble is. If your kid had gotten into a K-12, choosing a K-8 is something of a gamble because you could end up without a high school placement. But if you don’t have a K-12 option, I don’t get it.

OP here. I'm not going to say what my public option is. TMI. What I will say is that we're talking about starting Lowell in the early grades. We weren't really thinking about high school when we applied to lower schools because it seemed so far away but now that we're in we're wondering if it's worth paying for 8+ years only to be shut out of the better privates for high school. We are knew to this.

NP. If you like Lowell more than your public option, you can start there for the early grades and apply out to your preferred K-12s at middle school or sooner (depending on the entry years of your preferred school). We are at another K-8, but we have friends at Lowell who rave about it, especially for the early years.

This is good advice. If you have a k-12 option take it. If you are deciding between public vs Lowell, Try Lowell and then switch back to public or switch to another private at 4th or 6th or 7th, or be okay with the possibility of Burke or the like (or public which can be a great fit for some kids by high school) if your kid doesn’t get into one of the most competitive private schools applying for 9th. We thought Lowell was best for pp-3rd grade. I have three kids. One graduated and two left early and one went to public for high school.

What do you mean by Burke or the like?

Schools that have historically large number of Lowell students attend for HS and that are not as competitive to gain admission in, say in comparison to Maret or Sidwell etc

Do Lowell grads ever get into Sidwell, GDS or Maret?

In the past three years NO, maybe 10 years ago one or two a year. Most got to Burke, Wilson, MOCO pubic, some to St Johns.

[Anonymous]

PP that is just false...there are former Lowell students at GDS, Maret and Sidwell from the past few years. Don't know why you are spreading false info....

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Anonymous wrote:I am confused about what the gamble is. If your kid had gotten into a K-12, choosing a K-8 is something of a gamble because you could end up without a high school placement. But if you don’t have a K-12 option, I don’t get it.

OP here. I'm not going to say what my public option is. TMI. What I will say is that we're talking about starting Lowell in the early grades. We weren't really thinking about high school when we applied to lower schools because it seemed so far away but now that we're in we're wondering if it's worth paying for 8+ years only to be shut out of the better privates for high school. We are knew to this.

NP. If you like Lowell more than your public option, you can start there for the early grades and apply out to your preferred K-12s at middle school or sooner (depending on the entry years of your preferred school). We are at another K-8, but we have friends at Lowell who rave about it, especially for the early years.

This is good advice. If you have a k-12 option take it. If you are deciding between public vs Lowell, Try Lowell and then switch back to public or switch to another private at 4th or 6th or 7th, or be okay with the possibility of Burke or the like (or public which can be a great fit for some kids by high school) if your kid doesn’t get into one of the most competitive private schools applying for 9th. We thought Lowell was best for pp-3rd grade. I have three kids. One graduated and two left early and one went to public for high school.

What do you mean by Burke or the like?

Schools that have historically large number of Lowell students attend for HS and that are not as competitive to gain admission in, say in comparison to Maret or Sidwell etc

Do Lowell grads ever get into Sidwell, GDS or Maret?

In the past three years NO, maybe 10 years ago one or two a year. Most got to Burke, Wilson, MOCO pubic, some to St Johns.

Absolutely no dog in this fight. Can’t believe not one admittance to these schools in the past three years.

[Anonymous]

That is incorrect. Lowell Students have gotten into all of the "Big 3" in the past 3 years. Every Lowell Student doesn't get into those schools but some do every year. If a certain high school is where you think your child would thrive why not get in the pipeline for that school earlier. It will only get more competitive as the kids get older

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Anonymous wrote:I am confused about what the gamble is. If your kid had gotten into a K-12, choosing a K-8 is something of a gamble because you could end up without a high school placement. But if you don’t have a K-12 option, I don’t get it.

OP here. I'm not going to say what my public option is. TMI. What I will say is that we're talking about starting Lowell in the early grades. We weren't really thinking about high school when we applied to lower schools because it seemed so far away but now that we're in we're wondering if it's worth paying for 8+ years only to be shut out of the better privates for high school. We are knew to this.

NP. If you like Lowell more than your public option, you can start there for the early grades and apply out to your preferred K-12s at middle school or sooner (depending on the entry years of your preferred school). We are at another K-8, but we have friends at Lowell who rave about it, especially for the early years.

This is good advice. If you have a k-12 option take it. If you are deciding between public vs Lowell, Try Lowell and then switch back to public or switch to another private at 4th or 6th or 7th, or be okay with the possibility of Burke or the like (or public which can be a great fit for some kids by high school) if your kid doesn’t get into one of the most competitive private schools applying for 9th. We thought Lowell was best for pp-3rd grade. I have three kids. One graduated and two left early and one went to public for high school.

What do you mean by Burke or the like?

Schools that have historically large number of Lowell students attend for HS and that are not as competitive to gain admission in, say in comparison to Maret or Sidwell etc

Do Lowell grads ever get into Sidwell, GDS or Maret?

In the past three years NO, maybe 10 years ago one or two a year. Most got to Burke, Wilson, MOCO pubic, some to St Johns.

Absolutely no dog in this fight. Can’t believe not one admittance to these schools in the past three years.

That’s because it is not true.

OP, if you’re interested in learning about Lowell’s emissions, contact the admissions director. Or ask to talk to a middle school parent. DCUM is not a reliable source. They don’t want your child competing with their Larla when she applies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not do it. My DS spent many years there and was no prepared for his Big 3 HS. Tested very well but he was very behind in STEM. Took a lot of work to catch up. It is a very safe, caring place though.

Our Lowell grads both placed into advanced math 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Anonymous]

hmm, looks like some of these replies are not accurate. Lowell School posts the high schools that students go on to here: https://www.lowellschool.org/about/beyond-graduation
and the students do go on to Sidwell, Maret, and even more prestigious schools in other parts of the country. Someone in admissions at a top private HS in the area recently told me that they love Lowell School students because they are "confident critical thinkers" (his words). so it seems like a good option.

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Anonymous wrote:hmm, looks like some of these replies are not accurate. Lowell School posts the high schools that students go on to here: https://www.lowellschool.org/about/beyond-graduation
and the students do go on to Sidwell, Maret, and even more prestigious schools in other parts of the country. Someone in admissions at a top private HS in the area recently told me that they love Lowell School students because they are "confident critical thinkers" (his words). so it seems like a good option.

So defensive! Why dredge this thread up so many months later?

[Anonymous]

Lowell if you are really into your child being a social justice warrior instead of learning academics.

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Anonymous wrote:Lowell if you are really into your child being a social justice warrior instead of learning academics.

haha they don't even know how to do that properly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not do it. My DS spent many years there and was no prepared for his Big 3 HS. Tested very well but he was very behind in STEM. Took a lot of work to catch up. It is a very safe, caring place though.

But he got in to “his Big 3” so obviously Lowellnisndoungnsownthinv well.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not do it. My DS spent many years there and was no prepared for his Big 3 HS. Tested very well but he was very behind in STEM. Took a lot of work to catch up. It is a very safe, caring place though.

But he got in to “his Big 3” so obviously Lowellnisndoungnsownthinv well.

*Lowell is doing something well*

Maybe they can also fix my phone’s ridiculous autocorrects…

[Anonymous]

If my son had gone to Lowell, I would have been very happy. But he got in to a k-12, so we did that instead. I couldn’t imagine another round of even more stressful applications.

I think it’s an amazing school. My cousin’s 2 kids went there and I’ve never heard a bad word about it from anyone in real life.

[Anonymous]

This is at least the second very old thread that has been resuscitated about Lowell in the past couple of days.