What's the lowest ranked college you'd like your PS children to attend?

[Anonymous]

A good-enough college with full ride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A good-enough college with full ride.

+1. Well that's what I hope

[Anonymous]

I don't think college rankings are important or meaningful. In fact, I think they are a joke.

I don't send my kids to private school in order for them to get into a "highly-ranked school." I send them because I believe the kind of education the school provides is what is best for my kids. I will take the same approach when the time comes for them to apply to colleges.

Crazy question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not feed the troll.

A troll would say Harvard Yale Princeton - which is only a guarantee if your last name is Obama. A well-raised child has little difficulty getting into Cornell.

Yes, because a child's academic performance reflects grade-by-grade and score-by-score how s/he was "raised."

Uh huh.

[Anonymous]

Anything lower than Villanova (#50) and Michigan (#27) would be disappointing. But ideally, Penn, like her parents.

[Anonymous]

I'm just hoping my DS gets into some college. If Elon will have him, I'll be happy.

[Anonymous]

I agree OP. I don't know why so many people are afraid of excellence. If they want to send their kids to "nowhere U" that is their choice. But, I didn't want that for my kid. I grew up poor...that might have something to do with it. I know what a great education can do to move one up in economic class terms.

For the doubters out there read "hillbilly elegy"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery College for the first two years on full scholarship and then College Park.

They have scholarships to community college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just hoping my DS gets into some college. If Elon will have him, I'll be happy.

Me too. Some kids are not ready for a 4 year college or a super rigorous 4 year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything lower than Villanova (#50) and Michigan (#27) would be disappointing. But ideally, Penn, like her parents.

And like Trump.

[Anonymous]

I want him at whatever college will enable him to reach his personal goals and live a full life.

Such a choice is, of course, highly situational. It depends on the goals, and the person.

[Anonymous]

... Which is also to say, I hope he has a strong opinion about what he wants and where he wants to go.

If he looks at me blankly and says, "I dunno, mom, what do you want?" then I will know in that moment that I have failed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I don't know why so many people are afraid of excellence. If they want to send their kids to "nowhere U" that is their choice. But, I didn't want that for my kid. I grew up poor...that might have something to do with it. I know what a great education can do to move one up in economic class terms.

For the doubters out there read "hillbilly elegy"

The undercurrent of these forums can be a little anti-ambitious. Which is odd because DC is the most aggressive/ambitious place in the nation.

[Anonymous]

#20 or higher. The only public school I would support is UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I don't know why so many people are afraid of excellence. If they want to send their kids to "nowhere U" that is their choice. But, I didn't want that for my kid. I grew up poor...that might have something to do with it. I know what a great education can do to move one up in economic class terms.

For the doubters out there read "hillbilly elegy"

The undercurrent of these forums can be a little anti-ambitious. Which is odd because DC is the most aggressive/ambitious place in the nation.

It's not anti-ambitious. It's realizing your child's strengths -- and limitations, which everyone has.

And everyone needs to be realistic about the odds of being accepted into institutions with such low acceptance rates. Aim high, but be prepared for the alternative. That alternative can still provide your child with a great education and experience.