WaPo Story on Marshall Student Accpeted to USC at 16 - Read This if DC Did Not Get Into TJ.

[Anonymous]

I shared this story with my DD, who did not get into TJ and was in tears about it. Adriana Ayiotis, a junior, at Marshall HS did not get into TJ and now has been accepted into a special program for high achieving high school juniors at the University of Southern California. So, students who do not go to TJ can and do just as well or better than students who don't.

My DD will attend Marshall HS starting next year, and is looking forward to it.

More on Ms. Ayiotis at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-student-heads-to-college-at-16/2013/05/12/77dea1ce-b8ba-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html

[Anonymous]

I read this and hoped someone would mention it.
Nobody can take away from her that she scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT.
However, I wonder how the article got into the post in the first place?
The mom said when her daughter didn't get into TJ it was the worst day of her life as a parent. Woah. Now there's a healthy perspective on parenting.
Hmm.

[Anonymous]

Many qualified students do not get into TJ. It could be twice the size it is and still be a great school with all the students who qualified but were not accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shared this story with my DD, who did not get into TJ and was in tears about it. Adriana Ayiotis, a junior, at Marshall HS did not get into TJ and now has been accepted into a special program for high achieving high school juniors at the University of Southern California. So, students who do not go to TJ can and do just as well or better than students who don't.

My DD will attend Marshall HS starting next year, and is looking forward to it.

More on Ms. Ayiotis at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-student-heads-to-college-at-16/2013/05/12/77dea1ce-b8ba-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html

Interesting. Thx for sharing. . .

[Anonymous]

My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

[Anonymous]

USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

[Anonymous]

Dumb move on her part. With her record, she could get in to a far better school if she applied as a senior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.

L.A. poster here. Please do not worry this striving, Fairfax County family by posting the worst about our dear city. It is true that you should be careful and aware of your surroundings in L.A., as in any large metropolitan area (including Washington, DC). This young woman will expand her horizons worlds beyond her safe, and relatively homogenous upbringing in lovely Fairfax County, VA. Her years at USC, apart from the strong academics of her specialized program, will be an education in itself in living in one of the most diverse, multi-cultural, socio-economically varied, and artistically-minded cities in this country. Welcome to Los Angeles, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

(One further note. My children, former PVS swimmers, now swim under Southern California Swimming. Two or three times a year we attend swim meets in the Olympic facility adjacent to the Coliseum. On these occasions, I will give my children money and permit them to walk, by themselves or with friends, in their meet downtime to a strip of restaurants adjacent to the USC campus. If my pre-teens and teenagers can navigate the USC surrounds carefully but safely, I am sure that this young woman will be fine. It is a good lesson in living in the "real world", where not everyone is affluent and not everything is "safe" at all times.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.

L.A. poster here. Please do not worry this striving, Fairfax County family by posting the worst about our dear city. It is true that you should be careful and aware of your surroundings in L.A., as in any large metropolitan area (including Washington, DC). This young woman will expand her horizons worlds beyond her safe, and relatively homogenous upbringing in lovely Fairfax County, VA. Her years at USC, apart from the strong academics of her specialized program, will be an education in itself in living in one of the most diverse, multi-cultural, socio-economically varied, and artistically-minded cities in this country. Welcome to Los Angeles, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

(One further note. My children, former PVS swimmers, now swim under Southern California Swimming. Two or three times a year we attend swim meets in the Olympic facility adjacent to the Coliseum. On these occasions, I will give my children money and permit them to walk, by themselves or with friends, in their meet downtime to a strip of restaurants adjacent to the USC campus. If my pre-teens and teenagers can navigate the USC surrounds carefully but safely, I am sure that this young woman will be fine. It is a good lesson in living in the "real world", where not everyone is affluent and not everything is "safe" at all times.)

^ Westwood (UCLA) is nice; USC is located in a ghetto. I'd be very careful walking around there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.

L.A. poster here. Please do not worry this striving, Fairfax County family by posting the worst about our dear city. It is true that you should be careful and aware of your surroundings in L.A., as in any large metropolitan area (including Washington, DC). This young woman will expand her horizons worlds beyond her safe, and relatively homogenous upbringing in lovely Fairfax County, VA. Her years at USC, apart from the strong academics of her specialized program, will be an education in itself in living in one of the most diverse, multi-cultural, socio-economically varied, and artistically-minded cities in this country. Welcome to Los Angeles, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

(One further note. My children, former PVS swimmers, now swim under Southern California Swimming. Two or three times a year we attend swim meets in the Olympic facility adjacent to the Coliseum. On these occasions, I will give my children money and permit them to walk, by themselves or with friends, in their meet downtime to a strip of restaurants adjacent to the USC campus. If my pre-teens and teenagers can navigate the USC surrounds carefully but safely, I am sure that this young woman will be fine. It is a good lesson in living in the "real world", where not everyone is affluent and not everything is "safe" at all times.)

^ Westwood (UCLA) is nice; USC is located in a ghetto. I'd be very careful walking around there.

This. The LA Riots went right through that area. They have had problems with gangs targeting students. It is NOT a safe area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC is in the middle of South Central LA. I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK.

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.

L.A. poster here. Please do not worry this striving, Fairfax County family by posting the worst about our dear city. It is true that you should be careful and aware of your surroundings in L.A., as in any large metropolitan area (including Washington, DC). This young woman will expand her horizons worlds beyond her safe, and relatively homogenous upbringing in lovely Fairfax County, VA. Her years at USC, apart from the strong academics of her specialized program, will be an education in itself in living in one of the most diverse, multi-cultural, socio-economically varied, and artistically-minded cities in this country. Welcome to Los Angeles, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

(One further note. My children, former PVS swimmers, now swim under Southern California Swimming. Two or three times a year we attend swim meets in the Olympic facility adjacent to the Coliseum. On these occasions, I will give my children money and permit them to walk, by themselves or with friends, in their meet downtime to a strip of restaurants adjacent to the USC campus. If my pre-teens and teenagers can navigate the USC surrounds carefully but safely, I am sure that this young woman will be fine. It is a good lesson in living in the "real world", where not everyone is affluent and not everything is "safe" at all times.)

^ Westwood (UCLA) is nice; USC is located in a ghetto. I'd be very careful walking around there.

My children are careful walking around USC, but honestly I do not shelter them from the circumstances of the world. You live "together" here in Los Angeles where three-blocks in any direction can take you from Chinese mini-cities, to Mexican neighborhoods, to Wasp, Jewish or Armenian enclaves. You quickly adjust to seeing everything, and thus our motto for L.A. is to "expect the unexpected."

[Anonymous]

Girls who attend USC also have to be careful for other reasons. Some of the guys who go there are sleazy types who slip GHB into drinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girls who attend USC also have to be careful for other reasons. Some of the guys who go there are sleazy types who slip GHB into drinks.

Really poster. Do you really think this is limited to USC. College boys from all walks of life have been spiking unsuspected girl's drinks for decades.