2024 Washington DC area College commits

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Anonymous wrote:Am I th wonky one who finds this entire thread super creepy? As a mom of a HS student these kids created the decision Instagram handles to celebrate their success with their classmates, not to have their full names, photos and personal Instagram handles paraded on DCUM. JEFF?

Sorry, but when you post on a public site (Instagram) it’s open to anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I th wonky one who finds this entire thread super creepy? As a mom of a HS student these kids created the decision Instagram handles to celebrate their success with their classmates, not to have their full names, photos and personal Instagram handles paraded on DCUM. JEFF?

Sorry, but when you post on a public site (Instagram) it’s open to anyone.

+1. the kids can opt in/opt out (I know in my DD's class at a top DC private only about 50-60% of the kids put their school up. Plus, any of the students running these could limit it to people in the class/school if they wanted - but they want to share with friends at other schools too. If a student wants to share with only their friends, they can post on their own insta, most of which are private anyway (don't worry - the kids know how to use the privacy settings . . . . better than a lot of parents).

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

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A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Cannot read the NYT article w/out paying. Can someone please summarize it?

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Yes, and the percentages are MUCH higher for private school students (disproportionately so). That’s why I don’t understand why public school parents are on this PRIVATE school forum trying to compare results. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone can add Basis McLean? Our school has the best outcomes in Virginia

St. Andrews Episcopal School (SAES)
https://www.instagram.com/saes24decisions

Georgetown Day school (GDS)
https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors2024

Sidwell Friends School (SFS)
https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2024

Maret
https://www.instagram.com/maretfrogs2024

Holton Arms
https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2024

Landon
https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors24

Connelly School of the Holy Child (Holy Child)
https://www.instagram.com/hcseniors24

The Academy of the Holy Cross ("Holy Cross")
https://www.instagram.com/ahc_seniors24/

St. John’s College( high)
https://www.instagram.com/sjc2024seniors

Bullis School
https://www.instagram.com/bullisseniors24/

Potomac School
https://www.instagram.com/pmacdecisions2024/

Sandy Springs Friends School (SSFS)
https://www.instagram.com/ssfs24seniors

The Heights
https://www.instagram.com/heights24.seniors

Stone Ridge
https://www.instagram.com/srseniors24/

Flint Hill:
https://www.instagram.com/flinthilldecisions24 (https://www.instagram.com/flinthilldecisions24)

Edmund Burke:
https://www.instagram.com/burkeseniors/

Field:
https://www.instagram.com/fieldgrads.2024/

Maderia:
https://www.instagram.com/madeiradecisions24/

Georgetown Visitation ("Visitation"/ "Visi")
https://www.instagram.com/v1s1collegedecisions2024/

Washington International School ("WIS")
https://www.instagram.com/wisclassof2024/

McDonough School
https://www.instagram.com/mcdclassof2024/

St. Stephens and St. Agnes School (DC)
https://www.instagram.com/sssasdecisions2024/

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Five "W" publics for perspective:
*typically refers to a high level public

Walt Whitman (Bethesda):
https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations2024/

Winston Churchill (Potomac):
https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2024/

Walter Johnson High School ("WJ")
https://www.instagram.com/wherethewildcatsgo24/

Thomas S. Wootton High School ("Wootton")
https://www.instagram.com/peaceoutpatriots24/

Bethesda Chevy Chase High School ("BCC") (Commonly included in the "W" public schools)
https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions_2024/
report


Historic 2023 results:

Basis Independent Mclean ("BIM") 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/bimcommits2023/?igsh=dTVyN2Q1a2l4amxx

BIM is impressive

Lots of Churchill grads headed to Johns Hopkins.

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Yes, and the percentages are MUCH higher for private school students (disproportionately so). That’s why I don’t understand why public school parents are on this PRIVATE school forum trying to compare results. You can’t compete where you don’t compare.

You do realize that there are parents of kids in privates who are interested in the info from public schools? You may not be but you are not the only person here.

[Anonymous]

Congrats- Quite a few Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore admits too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I th wonky one who finds this entire thread super creepy? As a mom of a HS student these kids created the decision Instagram handles to celebrate their success with their classmates, not to have their full names, photos and personal Instagram handles paraded on DCUM. JEFF?

Your only solution here is to have your kid ask whoever is running their school's site to take down the post that announced their decision. This can be done - some kids in April last year got off waitlists and had their first post removed so they could add a new one. If you post on social media - it's public. Not sure how your child has arrived at 12th grade not knowing this (and you too).

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Does Gonzaga have an Instagram page?

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Anonymous wrote:Does Gonzaga have an Instagram page?

I think it does.

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Cannot read the NYT article w/out paying. Can someone please summarize it?

This quote from the Dartmouth article about DC privates does a good job summarizing them both:

“Dylan Parikh ’26, an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., claimed that elite college doors aren’t just opened by attending private high school, but by the combination of familial and school resources that converge in these establishments.

“Private school itself doesn’t get kids into top schools. It’s just that kids who have the resources to go to private schools tend to get into top schools because of their resources in general,” Parikh said.

Prep schools merely serve as one way for wealthy parents to guarantee their child’s success. So, when it comes time for their children to apply to their alma maters, they go above and beyond by employing the best of the best — test prep tutors, private college counselors and coaches — despite sending their kids to a school which should already provide these resources“

With respect, I have no interest in what she who is a product. of privilege has to say about privilege. Everything about her open letter/essay is cringy. Again said respectfully.

Cool story but, respectfully, no one asked you how you feel

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Cannot read the NYT article w/out paying. Can someone please summarize it?

This quote from the Dartmouth article about DC privates does a good job summarizing them both:

“Dylan Parikh ’26, an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., claimed that elite college doors aren’t just opened by attending private high school, but by the combination of familial and school resources that converge in these establishments.

“Private school itself doesn’t get kids into top schools. It’s just that kids who have the resources to go to private schools tend to get into top schools because of their resources in general,” Parikh said.

Prep schools merely serve as one way for wealthy parents to guarantee their child’s success. So, when it comes time for their children to apply to their alma maters, they go above and beyond by employing the best of the best — test prep tutors, private college counselors and coaches — despite sending their kids to a school which should already provide these resources“

With respect, I have no interest in what she who is a product. of privilege has to say about privilege. Everything about her open letter/essay is cringy. Again said respectfully.

Cool story but, respectfully, no one asked you how you feel

Triggered so easily…

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Cannot read the NYT article w/out paying. Can someone please summarize it?

This quote from the Dartmouth article about DC privates does a good job summarizing them both:

“Dylan Parikh ’26, an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., claimed that elite college doors aren’t just opened by attending private high school, but by the combination of familial and school resources that converge in these establishments.

“Private school itself doesn’t get kids into top schools. It’s just that kids who have the resources to go to private schools tend to get into top schools because of their resources in general,” Parikh said.

Prep schools merely serve as one way for wealthy parents to guarantee their child’s success. So, when it comes time for their children to apply to their alma maters, they go above and beyond by employing the best of the best — test prep tutors, private college counselors and coaches — despite sending their kids to a school which should already provide these resources“

With respect, I have no interest in what she who is a product. of privilege has to say about privilege. Everything about her open letter/essay is cringy. Again said respectfully.

I’ve a good feeling that she will be listened to far more than you, even as a young woman, ever will.

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Anonymous wrote:Then tell us, what percentage of Churchill families can’t afford college?

Yes, not only that but according to them they aren’t kids of privilege who haven’t paid through the nose with SAT prep, extracurriculars and “packaging”!!!

/s

A lot of jealous non W school families commenting here. Quite entertaining to witness here on the private school forum.

What are W schools parents doing commenting on this thread? Justifying their existence?

More like triggering insecure private school parents who need to justify their decisions

The justification is found when you compare admissions stats between top privates and top publics. The percentage of private school students admitted to Ivies and top 25 schools is dramatically higher than the percentage admitted blow from top publics.

I’ll share two articles for those public school parents who are still in denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/10/cradle-to-cap-and-gown-the-prep-school-to-ivy-pipeline

I would hope percentages are higher for a selective, very expensive private school. Wouldn’t you?

Cannot read the NYT article w/out paying. Can someone please summarize it?

This quote from the Dartmouth article about DC privates does a good job summarizing them both:

“Dylan Parikh ’26, an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., claimed that elite college doors aren’t just opened by attending private high school, but by the combination of familial and school resources that converge in these establishments.

“Private school itself doesn’t get kids into top schools. It’s just that kids who have the resources to go to private schools tend to get into top schools because of their resources in general,” Parikh said.

Prep schools merely serve as one way for wealthy parents to guarantee their child’s success. So, when it comes time for their children to apply to their alma maters, they go above and beyond by employing the best of the best — test prep tutors, private college counselors and coaches — despite sending their kids to a school which should already provide these resources“

With respect, I have no interest in what she who is a product. of privilege has to say about privilege. Everything about her open letter/essay is cringy. Again said respectfully.

I’ve a good feeling that she will be listened to far more than you, even as a young woman, ever will.

Good for her! Wishing her well.