Landon 2019 College Placement

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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.

We usually rely on our good looks, wealth, and proper education. Good luck to your MCPS grad when they face final exams for the first time.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Love Landon!! Go Bears!!

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Love Landon too!!

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All this talk about lacrosse in this thread but zero of the students going to top schools are lacrosse players.

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95 percent of kids this year were admitted ED for first choice school. Those are terrific stats. Landon is a wonderful school and if you don’t get that well then you never will.

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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.

No, it does not. It's an all-Magnet school.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.landon.net/us/college-counseling has 2019 list.

Predictably tacky college t-shirt photo.

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Anybody who lives in the area who can afford the tuition would go a similar route if they were unsure if their kid could get into similar colleges via their public school, W or other. Like AMEX membership, disposable income comes with privileges. It’s not just Landon moms, most parents are momma bears!

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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.

The "few" people who care about lacrosse care A LOT about it. I went to the championship in Philly and I was amazed how many Yalies were there. Rich alums want to see their school's team win.

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I am a public school parent, I really have no dog in this fight. All I can say is that I have been looking at the college matriculation list for the various private schools that have been posted on this form, and Landon really is at the bottom of the pack. It is not performing well compared to the other private schools, at least not on the surface. It’s more on the level of Georgetown prep and Gonzaga than the top schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a public school parent, I really have no dog in this fight. All I can say is that I have been looking at the college matriculation list for the various private schools that have been posted on this form, and Landon really is at the bottom of the pack. It is not performing well compared to the other private schools, at least not on the surface. It’s more on the level of Georgetown prep and Gonzaga than the top schools.

Yes, but this is it's niche. It has a fairly open door policy for admissions (for full pay students). It's a solid, well-rounded education for those who want to pay $45K and avoid public (for whatever reason) but it's not an elite school with competitive admissions.
I know many kids who matriculated at Landon after they were not able to get in to the super competitive schools. That said, (again) I think it's a great, solid education and we'd send our son there. We know many great kids who attend.

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If that’s their niche it ain’t much of one

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Anonymous wrote:I am a public school parent, I really have no dog in this fight. All I can say is that I have been looking at the college matriculation list for the various private schools that have been posted on this form, and Landon really is at the bottom of the pack. It is not performing well compared to the other private schools, at least not on the surface. It’s more on the level of Georgetown prep and Gonzaga than the top schools.

I'm not a Landon parent but you've got to be kidding me with your characterization. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UVa, UNC, Tufts, Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams . . . this is an excellent list and particularly for a small school. Next tier of schools also impressive and I am sure some strong students chose to accept merit aid at some of the mid-tier schools.

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Landon definitely has one thing in common with Prep, any time a thread about either school is posted the haters come out in full force.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a public school parent, I really have no dog in this fight. All I can say is that I have been looking at the college matriculation list for the various private schools that have been posted on this form, and Landon really is at the bottom of the pack. It is not performing well compared to the other private schools, at least not on the surface. It’s more on the level of Georgetown prep and Gonzaga than the top schools.

I'm not a Landon parent but you've got to be kidding me with your characterization. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UVa, UNC, Tufts, Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams . . . this is an excellent list and particularly for a small school. Next tier of schools also impressive and I am sure some strong students chose to accept merit aid at some of the mid-tier schools.

Someone from Landon is going to Swarthmore?! That is going to be... a culture shock.