I should have kept my kid at Wilson; college admits are much better than the Big3

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so depressing. I have been posting about elementary school choices and private and this is just that anxiety to the nth degree. I wonder what all these kids would say I’d they could read their parents posts.

Most of these kids are on meds and/or in therapy. Kids at Wilson and private school ones. My kid went to Wilson and is at an Ivy and is doing well (some ups and downs during Covid).

Of her 20 or so DC friends from public and private, about to graduate college, the majority have been in therapy or on meds since hs. That's what we've done to our kids (along with social media).

In all honesty when you add Covid in the mix this whole generation is a wreck and this will have repercussions in the workplace and obviously in their personal lives. Mark my words.

Bottom line you can argue all you want about private vs. Wilson. It just shows how much damage parents do. These kids are not well-adjusted, they just aren't (i count my own kid in this and Wilson had nothing to do with it). Ask any professor at a college what percentage of their classes are in mental health crisis. Its a nightmare out there right now.

Sounds like some of the posters here are a bit of a wreck themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I moved my kid from Deal to private for 9th. The workload is about 5 times that of DCPS. My kid is finally learning to write and study.
It's night and day over DCPS. I can't stress this enough. It's easily 5 times the workload and my kid is actually learning.. I have kids left in DCPS. This year is another shit-show.
English school english classes that don't read a single book or write a single paper. AP classes that DON'T HAVE A TEACHER so the school is giving every kid an A as a default.

College admits are out and the Wilson admits (of white, upper class kids) are better than those at the Big3. These kids are the siblings
of the my kid's friends. They are getting in (unconnected) to Brown, Yale, Northwestern, Penn, and on and on.
You know how a Big 3 was shut out of Brown? Well, not Wilson. They have several kids going and they're not URM. They're upper middle class white kids.
DCPS grossly inflated grades during the pandemic. 19-20 quarters 3 and 4 counted any assignment as extra-credit. So if you did anything (EVEN ONE ASSIGNMENT) quarters 3 and 4 you
got an A. They those quarters were added to 1 and 2 and rounded up. It was almost impossible to get a B. Like statistically impossible if you turned in a SINGLE assignment.
Then last year (20-21) they barely had school and the lowest grade anyone could get was a B. Anything lower than a B was a "P".
You could get As for breathing (and my kids did). I can't emphasize enough how easy it was and is. It was insanity. My kids (19-20 and 20-21) had 98%+ in all classes
with next to no work). It was really stressful for us (and a lot of parents) because we knew our kids weren't learning anything. As such, many of us pulled our kids out.
But now, the kids graduating with this DCPS education are getting the top acceptances out of DC. I'm happy for them but it just seems insane.

I'm sure I'll get crucified for this but it's wacky. These kids are in some giant loophole or elite college admissions. Colleges are not taking the suburban public kids either







Do you really want your kids to be in environment that Wilson is in? Where 45% of the students are on FARMS?

Send them to Dunbar if all you care about is college as opposed to a great environment for them to make friends.





(with their 1600 SATs and 15 APs). Urban is where it's out--whether or not anything was learned.
(with their 1600 SATs and 15 APs). Urban is where it's out--whether or not anything was learned.

Are you high? Do you think elite colleges are accepting students, any students, from a school like Dunbar?

FYI, your classism is in full force. My high school was, gasp, 80% FARMS. And here I am.

Sure. If the kids are URM, elite schools will admit them. At least until the Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions.

Boy are you ignorant. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.

Nope. The pity acceptance is alive and well: