Where are the valedictorian/salutatorian from your kid's school going to college in the fall?

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Anonymous wrote:I know a bunch of these schools (they're not hard to figure out if you have a senior with friends at DMV schools and/or the public Instagram pages)
and the valedictorians/Salutatorians who are going to Stanford or Harvard or Princeton are pretty much all legacy.
Not surprising.

1)smart begets smart.
2)even valedictorians at top DMV schools (a crazy impressive feat) need an additional hook to get into HYPS. The admissions peak for academic, unhooked kids in the DMV is often the lesser Ivies, other top 20s.

I know one of the valedictorians also got into multiple other impressive schools (where they were not a legacy). Could be true of the others too.

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Public out of area (mid-atlantic)
V Swarthmore
S Haverford and Williams

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is a rising 11th grader, currently ranking #1 in her class. Come back in 2025 and ask again. (if she's not been knocked off the top spot).

What an odd post. You know that they are probably not going to stay number 1 through two more years. Why brag about it now?

Duly noted. I'm thrilled she is #1 and I shall brag and crow as long as I am able.

Please do. You can brag about it. Who knows the Vals will not flame out in college? But lets celebrate while we can.

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No clue. DGAF.

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Community college for core and Emory for nursing

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Anonymous wrote:Public HS that is eh okay not amazing

Val - Columbia Sciences Po idk what that means

Sal - Yale

My understanding is that it means the kid will do two years in France and 2 years jn Columbia's School of General Studies (usually not Columbia College) but will get a degree from Columbia College.

Columbia GS get their own GS degree. Even for Science Po. dual degree.

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CT public

V-Duke
S-Yale

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VA private Catholic

V - Davidson, USC, US Air Force Academy
S - Notre Dame

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At our tiny private school we had a surprisingly great year. 6 to ivies total. Valedictorian going to Duke after getting into 3 other ivies. Salutatorian to Harvard also in at Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is a rising 11th grader, currently ranking #1 in her class. Come back in 2025 and ask again. (if she's not been knocked off the top spot).

What an odd post. You know that they are probably not going to stay number 1 through two more years. Why brag about it now?

Your post is odd. It is very common for the valedictorian to have been in the top spot for all four years.

Good for your DD, PP. Best of luck to her.

No it’s really not in my experience. I just asked my DS to verify my memory and he confirmed that at the end of senior year, the top three all changed (he ended up top five so he knew all these people personally ). Literally the week of graduation after grades were calculated they ended up with co-valedictorians and the girl who was valedictorian going into that week, even had a speech written, ended up #3.

Oh... Okay!
Your posts are definitely the super normal ones here.

Ok OP or PP, you’re pretty obnoxious. Best of luck to the OPs kid, I hope it all works out for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn’t have valedictorians, so you are probably eliminating 50% of the posters.

Neither does MCPS.

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Top two kids at our DC charter school are: Princeton (fully pay) and a large state university (full scholarship).

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is a rising 11th grader, currently ranking #1 in her class. Come back in 2025 and ask again. (if she's not been knocked off the top spot).

What an odd post. You know that they are probably not going to stay number 1 through two more years. Why brag about it now?

Your post is odd. It is very common for the valedictorian to have been in the top spot for all four years.

Good for your DD, PP. Best of luck to her.

No it’s really not in my experience. I just asked my DS to verify my memory and he confirmed that at the end of senior year, the top three all changed (he ended up top five so he knew all these people personally ). Literally the week of graduation after grades were calculated they ended up with co-valedictorians and the girl who was valedictorian going into that week, even had a speech written, ended up #3.

Oh... Okay!
Your posts are definitely the super normal ones here.

Ok OP or PP, you’re pretty obnoxious. Best of luck to the OPs kid, I hope it all works out for her.

I'm the PP with the 11th grader. Just seen this thread within a thread. The fact that someone bothered to speak to their kid about this should astonish me, but then it is DC urban-crazy-moms.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is a rising 11th grader, currently ranking #1 in her class. Come back in 2025 and ask again. (if she's not been knocked off the top spot).

What an odd post. You know that they are probably not going to stay number 1 through two more years. Why brag about it now?

Your post is odd. It is very common for the valedictorian to have been in the top spot for all four years.

Good for your DD, PP. Best of luck to her.

No it’s really not in my experience. I just asked my DS to verify my memory and he confirmed that at the end of senior year, the top three all changed (he ended up top five so he knew all these people personally ). Literally the week of graduation after grades were calculated they ended up with co-valedictorians and the girl who was valedictorian going into that week, even had a speech written, ended up #3.

Oh... Okay!
Your posts are definitely the super normal ones here.

Ok OP or PP, you’re pretty obnoxious. Best of luck to the OPs kid, I hope it all works out for her.

I'm the PP with the 11th grader. Just seen this thread within a thread. The fact that someone bothered to speak to their kid about this should astonish me, but then it is DC urban-crazy-moms.

But your comment is not “DC urban-crazy”? The fact that you came onto
This thread to offer that you will report back in two years when your DD is valedictorian is NOT crazy? That comment is in fact somehow valuable to the OP in some way?

We’ve got some really interesting newbies in this forum nowadays. Best of luck to you.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is a rising 11th grader, currently ranking #1 in her class. Come back in 2025 and ask again. (if she's not been knocked off the top spot).

What an odd post. You know that they are probably not going to stay number 1 through two more years. Why brag about it now?

Your post is odd. It is very common for the valedictorian to have been in the top spot for all four years.

Good for your DD, PP. Best of luck to her.

No it’s really not in my experience. I just asked my DS to verify my memory and he confirmed that at the end of senior year, the top three all changed (he ended up top five so he knew all these people personally ). Literally the week of graduation after grades were calculated they ended up with co-valedictorians and the girl who was valedictorian going into that week, even had a speech written, ended up #3.

Oh... Okay!
Your posts are definitely the super normal ones here.

Ok OP or PP, you’re pretty obnoxious. Best of luck to the OPs kid, I hope it all works out for her.

I'm the PP with the 11th grader. Just seen this thread within a thread. The fact that someone bothered to speak to their kid about this should astonish me, but then it is DC urban-crazy-moms.

But your comment is not “DC urban-crazy”? The fact that you came onto
This thread to offer that you will report back in two years when your DD is valedictorian is NOT crazy? That comment is in fact somehow valuable to the OP in some way?

We’ve got some really interesting newbies in this forum nowadays. Best of luck to you.

I think I sometimes forget how little good will there is around here. I've been on DCUM since 2014 and expect once my kids have their college acceptances, I won't be back. Enjoy your vitriol.