Anyone solid students that did not get into Field or Burke?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Most K-8’s are known to hide challenges and other issues in their letters of recommendation and other materials.

Can you explain how you know this for most of the K-8 schools in the DMV? How did you obtain this knowledge?

My own experience working at one and teaching kids that matriculate from these schools at another US. K-8’s are salesman. Their business model is to sell their 8th graders to US. Ask your K-8 if they pay teachers to write letters of recommendation for 8th graders but not younger grades applying out. Ask your K-8 if teachers are allowed to send their letters directly to the schools 8th graders are applying to or if it passes through their “gatekeeper”. K-8 admins not only change grades on report cards but they also highly edit letters of recommendations and checklists for applications.

[Anonymous]

Yup. Rich people gonna keep on gamin the system. Don’t be fooled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Most K-8’s are known to hide challenges and other issues in their letters of recommendation and other materials.

Can you explain how you know this for most of the K-8 schools in the DMV? How did you obtain this knowledge?

My own experience working at one and teaching kids that matriculate from these schools at another US. K-8’s are salesman. Their business model is to sell their 8th graders to US. Ask your K-8 if they pay teachers to write letters of recommendation for 8th graders but not younger grades applying out. Ask your K-8 if teachers are allowed to send their letters directly to the schools 8th graders are applying to or if it passes through their “gatekeeper”. K-8 admins not only change grades on report cards but they also highly edit letters of recommendations and checklists for applications.

You needed the editor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not necessarily true. For example, if you look at Field’s college matriculation list, it’s actually pretty good. Not pretending that it’s at parity with STA or GDS, but the top 15-20% of kids end up at top tier schools. When you consider that they likely did 20% of the work of STA kids, it’s a pretty significant life hack if the end game is to get into as good a school as possible without being crushed in a pressure cooker.

What do you mean by 20% of the work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well done Field! Impressive list of colleges.

College admissions have changed a lot! I’d be worried about spending that much money a year to end up at one of those schools. Reminder to think of it as going for the education itself not because they’ll end up at a better college