Banneker HS - College and Score Outcomes

[Anonymous]

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Zero Howard or Morehouse on that list? That can’t be right.

Yeah I had that thought too. Banneker sounds exactly like what a prestigious (in my mind) HBCU feeder would look like, and I was surprised that there were several of the low profile HBCUs (A+M types) on here instead. But I would totally believe it’s about when the application/acceptance cycle caught this list.

I want to say that the kids wanted to get out of DC but there’s that 17-strong cohort going to CUA! I wonder if Howard is just too expensive. It seems like a shame for Howard though that it cannot matriculate any student from Banneker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Zero Howard or Morehouse on that list? That can’t be right.

Yeah I had that thought too. Banneker sounds exactly like what a prestigious (in my mind) HBCU feeder would look like, and I was surprised that there were several of the low profile HBCUs (A+M types) on here instead. But I would totally believe it’s about when the application/acceptance cycle caught this list.

I want to say that the kids wanted to get out of DC but there’s that 17-strong cohort going to CUA! I wonder if Howard is just too expensive. It seems like a shame for Howard though that it cannot matriculate any student from Banneker.

Many of them are Latino, not Black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, that's not a comprehensive list. It was a list of preliminary commitments to attend, not a list of college acceptances; and when it was printed students were still deciding among offers, financial aid packages, and waiting to see if they were coming off of waitlists. Roughly half of the graduating class is represented here.

You're correct. At graduation last year, 1-2 kids were heading to USC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, that's not a comprehensive list. It was a list of preliminary commitments to attend, not a list of college acceptances; and when it was printed students were still deciding among offers, financial aid packages, and waiting to see if they were coming off of waitlists. Roughly half of the graduating class is represented here.

OK, but where is the full list? For a selective HS, getting a list of college acceptances and/or matriculations out to prospective students is fairly basic stuff. SAT and AP scores have their issues, but college acceptance outcomes are a key signal of school performance. That the Banneker administration can't seem to find it within themselves to produce a comprehensive list doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?

[Anonymous]

If a Banneker student is interested in STEM, can they take classes at any of their dual enrollment colleges listed below:

American University, Bard College, Bay Atlantic University, Catholic University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Howard University, Marymount University, Montgomery College, Northern Virginia Community College, Trinity Washington University and University of District of Columbia

If so, is it a competitive process? Anyone done this or know anyone who has?

Anonymous wrote:No one going to Engineering or Tech schools which is unfortunate. STEM is a great way for lower income kids to get good high paying jobs after college graduation


But not everyone has the math background to apply. If you haven’t taken Calculus, engineering programs won’t even consider you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, that's not a comprehensive list. It was a list of preliminary commitments to attend, not a list of college acceptances; and when it was printed students were still deciding among offers, financial aid packages, and waiting to see if they were coming off of waitlists. Roughly half of the graduating class is represented here.

OK, but where is the full list? For a selective HS, getting a list of college acceptances and/or matriculations out to prospective students is fairly basic stuff. SAT and AP scores have their issues, but college acceptance outcomes are a key signal of school performance. That the Banneker administration can't seem to find it within themselves to produce a comprehensive list doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

DP. Banneker is not a private school that has to solicit you. It is very successful at preparing hard-working DC kids for college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?

I think it is intended as a comment on the type of parent like the PP who believes Banneker needs to market itself to parents with a full list of college admissions …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a Banneker student is interested in STEM, can they take classes at any of their dual enrollment colleges listed below:

American University, Bard College, Bay Atlantic University, Catholic University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Howard University, Marymount University, Montgomery College, Northern Virginia Community College, Trinity Washington University and University of District of Columbia

If so, is it a competitive process? Anyone done this or know anyone who has?

Anonymous wrote:No one going to Engineering or Tech schools which is unfortunate. STEM is a great way for lower income kids to get good high paying jobs after college graduation


But not everyone has the math background to apply. If you haven’t taken Calculus, engineering programs won’t even consider you.

The DE colleges have a curated list of classes that HS kids can take. There are some post-AP calc math classes, but no STEM classes.

If you search DCPS and dual enrollment, you will find a PDF that lists classes available by school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, that's not a comprehensive list. It was a list of preliminary commitments to attend, not a list of college acceptances; and when it was printed students were still deciding among offers, financial aid packages, and waiting to see if they were coming off of waitlists. Roughly half of the graduating class is represented here.

OK, but where is the full list? For a selective HS, getting a list of college acceptances and/or matriculations out to prospective students is fairly basic stuff. SAT and AP scores have their issues, but college acceptance outcomes are a key signal of school performance. That the Banneker administration can't seem to find it within themselves to produce a comprehensive list doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, that's not a comprehensive list. It was a list of preliminary commitments to attend, not a list of college acceptances; and when it was printed students were still deciding among offers, financial aid packages, and waiting to see if they were coming off of waitlists. Roughly half of the graduating class is represented here.

OK, but where is the full list? For a selective HS, getting a list of college acceptances and/or matriculations out to prospective students is fairly basic stuff. SAT and AP scores have their issues, but college acceptance outcomes are a key signal of school performance. That the Banneker administration can't seem to find it within themselves to produce a comprehensive list doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

DP. Banneker is not a private school that has to solicit you. It is very successful at preparing hard-working DC kids for college.

But yet seemingly can't muster the wherewithal to display that success to prospective students . . .

You are extremely naive if you think that selective public schools have no need to market themselves to prospective students. In fact, it is precisely attitudes such as yours that hinder such success.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?

I think it is intended as a comment on the type of parent like the PP who believes Banneker needs to market itself to parents with a full list of college admissions …

It's also coded racism. Get real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?

I think it is intended as a comment on the type of parent like the PP who believes Banneker needs to market itself to parents with a full list of college admissions …

It's also coded racism. Get real.

Next time the debate comes up between "white people don't choose Banneker because they are racist" and "white people don't choose Banneker because they expect they are not really wanted there," the "gentrifiers" post above should be Exhibit #1. SMH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture?

I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept.

Yuck.

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?

I think it is intended as a comment on the type of parent like the PP who believes Banneker needs to market itself to parents with a full list of college admissions …

It's also coded racism. Get real.

Next time the debate comes up between "white people don't choose Banneker because they are racist" and "white people don't choose Banneker because they expect they are not really wanted there," the "gentrifiers" post above should be Exhibit #1. SMH.

The school doesn't do shadow days so unfortunately prospective students have no way of figuring out whether such silly notions are confined to idiotic boosters or whether there are students who also harbor such prejudices towards those without multi-generational roots in the city.