DCI college acceptances

[Anonymous]

Congrats to DCI

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Anonymous wrote:As someone at a DCI feeder, this is so wonderful to hear. 90% is a number to be proud of.

Ballou had a 100% acceptance rate for college; go figure.

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Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

My understanding is that there are spaces for kids who did not attend the feeders.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone at a DCI feeder, this is so wonderful to hear. 90% is a number to be proud of.

Ballou had a 100% acceptance rate for college; go figure.

LOL! Why don’t you collect the data as to what colleges they got into and will attend. I suspect many got into UDC. I suspect many will not even go to college.

The overwhelming majority are not even on grade level. Have you even looked into their SAT average? I have and it’s abysmal.

But hey, feel free to send your DC there if given the choice.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

My understanding is that there are spaces for kids who did not attend the feeders.

Really only for Chinese. Maybe a small handful for French, none for Spanish. I think there was a thread recently about starting DCI without any Chinese experience. Not something that would be a good fit for every kid.

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Anonymous wrote:This is encouraging, though not a single Ivy or equivalent suggests it's probably not getting much buy in from top students.

Actually, no. Ivy's are a crap shoot for everyone, and they will only take so many from a region.

This. Also top legacy kids are the ones that typically get in, usually not top non-legacy kids.

I also recently read about how mostly private school kids from the same handful of schools get in. After that they probably diversify regionally so at least one of those handful takes the DC spots each year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone at a DCI feeder, this is so wonderful to hear. 90% is a number to be proud of.

Ballou had a 100% acceptance rate for college; go figure.

LOL! Why don’t you collect the data as to what colleges they got into and will attend. I suspect many got into UDC. I suspect many will not even go to college.

The overwhelming majority are not even on grade level. Have you even looked into their SAT average? I have and it’s abysmal.

But hey, feel free to send your DC there if given the choice.

PP was being facetious from the National story a few years ago. No need to disparage another school though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

But anyone can enter the lottery. The only preference that applies is sibling preference. So yes, that makes it a very real option for hundreds of families every year. The point is that when we have additional options on the table, we all win. Instead of posting snarky comments meant to belittle the accomplishments of the kids who attend these schools, the “ adults in the room” should be encouraging and supporting their success. DCI is not a good fit for every kid (no school is), but I am so pleased that it, warts and all, is working very well for families with graduates in the 2021 class. The acceptances and parent feedback demonstrate that. I hope that future classes enjoy the same type of success. Thanks for sharing the good news!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

But anyone can enter the lottery. The only preference that applies is sibling preference. So yes, that makes it a very real option for hundreds of families every year. The point is that when we have additional options on the table, we all win. Instead of posting snarky comments meant to belittle the accomplishments of the kids who attend these schools, the “ adults in the room” should be encouraging and supporting their success. DCI is not a good fit for every kid (no school is), but I am so pleased that it, warts and all, is working very well for families with graduates in the 2021 class. The acceptances and parent feedback demonstrate that. I hope that future classes enjoy the same type of success. Thanks for sharing the good news!

To DCI or the feeders? Because no, the feeders get their allotted slots and the only ones open in the general lottery are those not taken by the feeders. Which is mostly just Chinese, never Spanish. It has feeders and works differently than Latin or Basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students in class of 2021 are some DCI’s strongest students. The acceptances are more of a reflection on them rather than the school.

Just Stop. My kids don’t attend but these results should make the students and the school
proud. We should all celebrate the fact that there is another city wide option in which motivated kids can succeed. All families can’t move to neighborhoods with high performing public schools. Likewise, most families cannot afford private. It feels great to know that there is another free option available to kids from all over the city. I am cheering you on DCI!! Way to go Class of 2021! This DC resident is proud of you!

Is it really an option though when you have to first get into one of the feeders? You have to literally win the lottery for DCI to be an option.

But anyone can enter the lottery. The only preference that applies is sibling preference. So yes, that makes it a very real option for hundreds of families every year. The point is that when we have additional options on the table, we all win. Instead of posting snarky comments meant to belittle the accomplishments of the kids who attend these schools, the “ adults in the room” should be encouraging and supporting their success. DCI is not a good fit for every kid (no school is), but I am so pleased that it, warts and all, is working very well for families with graduates in the 2021 class. The acceptances and parent feedback demonstrate that. I hope that future classes enjoy the same type of success. Thanks for sharing the good news!

To DCI or the feeders? Because no, the feeders get their allotted slots and the only ones open in the general lottery are those not taken by the feeders. Which is mostly just Chinese, never Spanish. It has feeders and works differently than Latin or Basis.

The HS grads this year had LOTS of Spanish track outsiders.

[Anonymous]

There's never been a better time for Black or brown (or LQTBQ+) kids to apply to college -- schools are tripping over themselves to get their student body in line with the demographics of the broader population.

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Anonymous wrote:There's never been a better time for Black or brown (or LQTBQ+) kids to apply to college -- schools are tripping over themselves to get their student body in line with the demographics of the broader population.

and they use high school zip code as a proxy for these items

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Anonymous wrote:This is encouraging, though not a single Ivy or equivalent suggests it's probably not getting much buy in from top students.

Actually, there are at least two ivy admissions so far (in early decisions). The regular decisions don't come out until April. Also, I see Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Ga Tech, UCLA and Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr on naviance acceptances for this year.

OK, but Naviance acceptances are self-reported by families, not the gospel truth.