Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta give OP credit for the double-troll, hitting Ivies and Ws in the same post.

Too bad they couldn't find a way to tack on "lesser privates" for the trifecta.

What's the term for the bottom of the barrel privates? The ones out in non metro counties?

The St. Nowhere 's

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Anonymous wrote:Is the elbow the Cornell of the joints?

You are amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta give OP credit for the double-troll, hitting Ivies and Ws in the same post.

Too bad they couldn't find a way to tack on "lesser privates" for the trifecta.

What's the term for the bottom of the barrel privates? The ones out in non metro counties?

The flyovers.

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Anonymous wrote:Is Blair SMACS the Caltech of the W schools?

That would make RMIB the Harvard of the W schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Meaning, is it the least prestigious and some argue not even worthy of the “W School” title? Or is it excellent? I ask this because I have been hearing conflicting thoughts on this.

Anyone with direct experience with the school?

That's silly, OP. Obviously Walter Johnson is the Dartmouth of the "W Schools." Or maybe the Penn of the "W Schools"?

Plus, where would the prestigiousness of these public MCPS high schools come from anyway? The prestige of having parents who reside in Bethesda or Potomac?

Isn’t WJ in Rockville or North Bethesda? Very different than Bethesda or Potomac.

Wootton is in Rockville. So what of it?

Yes, Wootton is unarguably in Rockville - within the boundaries of the incorporated municipality of Rockville. So unprestigious!

And Churchill starts with a C, not a W. Also unprestigious. I have never heard anybody refer to "Winston Churchill" High School the way everyone refers to "Walter Johnson" High School. Also, before Churchill was Churchill, it was Potomac High School, which starts with a P, not a W.

And Walter Johnson is in North Bethesda, according to the U.S. Census, although I personally think that south of 270 it's Bethesda, not North Bethesda. Also unprestigious!

So that just leaves Whitman, which is actually a Double W school (Walt Whitman), but I don't know why a school named after a poet would be more prestigious than a school named after a physicist, a pitcher, a pianist, a president, a prime minister, a patriot, a physician, or a plantation owner. Which, actually, why don't we refer to the P schools in MCPS? P for prestige, of course.

Incorrect. Wootton is in the incorporated area of Rockville.

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Anonymous wrote:I really hate to break to you all but the "W" schools are just big public schools with large class sizes and a lot of rich kids.

W school = wealthy and white(ish).

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Wow?!? This is a very bizarre post and question. So much snobbery...

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Anonymous wrote:Wow?!? This is a very bizarre post and question. So much snobbery...

some of it is tongue in cheek. People aren't taking this post seriously, in case you can't tell.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow?!? This is a very bizarre post and question. So much snobbery...

some of it is tongue in cheek. People aren't taking this post seriously, in case you can't tell.

Yes, was referring solely to the original poster.

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Can you really joke about Cornell if you didn't go to one of a handful of schools? It still looks bad then and most of the people here didn't...

Also, Cornell isn't the "worst" school in the Ivy League even if USNWR tried to tell everyone it was for so long (though not this year with their updated methodology).

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Anonymous wrote:Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Meaning, is it the least prestigious and some argue not even worthy of the “W School” title? Or is it excellent? I ask this because I have been hearing conflicting thoughts on this.

Anyone with direct experience with the school?

That's silly, OP. Obviously Walter Johnson is the Dartmouth of the "W Schools." Or maybe the Penn of the "W Schools"?

Plus, where would the prestigiousness of these public MCPS high schools come from anyway? The prestige of having parents who reside in Bethesda or Potomac?

Isn’t WJ in Rockville or North Bethesda? Very different than Bethesda or Potomac.

Wootton is in Rockville. So what of it?

CalTech

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Anonymous wrote:Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Meaning, is it the least prestigious and some argue not even worthy of the “W School” title? Or is it excellent? I ask this because I have been hearing conflicting thoughts on this.

Anyone with direct experience with the school?

That's silly, OP. Obviously Walter Johnson is the Dartmouth of the "W Schools." Or maybe the Penn of the "W Schools"?

Plus, where would the prestigiousness of these public MCPS high schools come from anyway? The prestige of having parents who reside in Bethesda or Potomac?

Isn’t WJ in Rockville or North Bethesda? Very different than Bethesda or Potomac.

Wootton is in Rockville. So what of it?

Yes, Wootton is unarguably in Rockville - within the boundaries of the incorporated municipality of Rockville. So unprestigious!

And Churchill starts with a C, not a W. Also unprestigious. I have never heard anybody refer to "Winston Churchill" High School the way everyone refers to "Walter Johnson" High School. Also, before Churchill was Churchill, it was Potomac High School, which starts with a P, not a W.

And Walter Johnson is in North Bethesda, according to the U.S. Census, although I personally think that south of 270 it's Bethesda, not North Bethesda. Also unprestigious!

So that just leaves Whitman, which is actually a Double W school (Walt Whitman), but I don't know why a school named after a poet would be more prestigious than a school named after a physicist, a pitcher, a pianist, a president, a prime minister, a patriot, a physician, or a plantation owner. Which, actually, why don't we refer to the P schools in MCPS? P for prestige, of course.

Incorrect. Wootton is in the incorporated area of Rockville.

Me: Yes, Wootton is unarguably in Rockville - within the boundaries of the incorporated municipality of Rockville.
You: Incorrect. Wootton is in the incorporated area of Rockville.

You have arguably demonstrated that the "unarguably" part of my post was false.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you really joke about Cornell if you didn't go to one of a handful of schools? It still looks bad then and most of the people here didn't...

Also, Cornell isn't the "worst" school in the Ivy League even if USNWR tried to tell everyone it was for so long (though not this year with their updated methodology).

Come on, admit it. It just is...

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Anonymous wrote:Can you really joke about Cornell if you didn't go to one of a handful of schools? It still looks bad then and most of the people here didn't...

Also, Cornell isn't the "worst" school in the Ivy League even if USNWR tried to tell everyone it was for so long (though not this year with their updated methodology).

Come on, admit it. It just is...

Actually, if you want to study CS, Cornell is ranked the highest of the Ivies. I think Princeton does reasonably well too but the others are frankly below UMD.

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OP has serious psychological problems.