Bethesda Magazine College Acceptance Data for Bethesda/Potomac-Area High Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/september-october-2023-digital-edition/ starting on page 176

Interesting that Whitman did not have nearly as many Ivy acceptances as the other schools.

Guessing this is because less under represented minorities applied from Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Simplest solution to the Whitman issue would be for Whitman parents commenting here to look at Naviance data for Whitman Class of 23 and see whether Bethesda Mag has accurately reported Naviance data (in which case it's a school issue) or not (in which case, someone should tell the reporter). If the problem is at Whitman, then Whitman parents/class of 24 students should want to know so that they have accurate data.

Naviance should have correct info both on applications and on enrollment, because those are the two points at which the school has to send transcripts, although don't know if it's updated if kids get in off the waitlist. Kids could of course fudge numbers on where they were accepted but don't go or not bother to report those. But where kids actually enroll should be accurate, so either there's a problem with Whitman's naviance, with the data Whitman reported to Bethesda Mag or with Bethesda Mag's transcription of the data, but whichever it is easily figured out by someone at Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These lists are useless because many qualified students don't apply to schools they cannot afford to attend.

Whitman did horrible. So did WJ. Don’t they have some of the richest families?

Most likely kids didn’t report or their were less underrepresented minorities applying from Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Ok. Just looked on Whitman naviance and see there were 4 accepted to Brown. 2 accepted to Harvard. 1 accepted to Princeton. 2 to Yale. 1 to Dartmouth. 14 to Cornell. 2 to Columbia. The numbers reported in Bethesda magazine are inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Einstein data is interesting because there were students who got in places and didn’t attend. Like 2 people in at Brown for example. (I realize that these students chose other schools but there were few if any acceptances to other schools that students might choose over Brown).

Brown isn’t cheap. Presumably they were either hoping for more aid money from Brown, or got a full ride somewhere else.

People do turn down Ivies if attending would stress the family budget, especially if there are more kids behind them.

[Anonymous]

Many kids who get into Ivies choose another school, often UMD, because they give a lot more money, especially to Honors. RMIB is the bigger feeder for kids getting the Banneker Key at UMD (the full ride).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many kids who get into Ivies choose another school, often UMD, because they give a lot more money, especially to Honors. RMIB is the bigger feeder for kids getting the Banneker Key at UMD (the full ride).

My kid is in the Honor College and got no scholarship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Einstein data is interesting because there were students who got in places and didn’t attend. Like 2 people in at Brown for example. (I realize that these students chose other schools but there were few if any acceptances to other schools that students might choose over Brown).

Brown isn’t cheap. Presumably they were either hoping for more aid money from Brown, or got a full ride somewhere else.

People do turn down Ivies if attending would stress the family budget, especially if there are more kids behind them.

+1

We know families in that position (Blair magnet).

[Anonymous]

I live in the Whitman district but didn't buy a house here for the school. I love the neighborhood, the home was very nice for what we could afford, and it made our commutes reasonable back when we were commuting daily. We're happy it's a strong public school but not everyone targets their home buying to this extent as some posters would suggest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Just looked on Whitman naviance and see there were 4 accepted to Brown. 2 accepted to Harvard. 1 accepted to Princeton. 2 to Yale. 1 to Dartmouth. 14 to Cornell. 2 to Columbia. The numbers reported in Bethesda magazine are inaccurate.

Can someone confirm this? Seems made up...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Just looked on Whitman naviance and see there were 4 accepted to Brown. 2 accepted to Harvard. 1 accepted to Princeton. 2 to Yale. 1 to Dartmouth. 14 to Cornell. 2 to Columbia. The numbers reported in Bethesda magazine are inaccurate.

Can someone confirm this? Seems made up...

Not made up at all. Add two to Stanford and many many others missing from magazine. It’s all in Naviance. The reporter didn’t do his or her job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Just looked on Whitman naviance and see there were 4 accepted to Brown. 2 accepted to Harvard. 1 accepted to Princeton. 2 to Yale. 1 to Dartmouth. 14 to Cornell. 2 to Columbia. The numbers reported in Bethesda magazine are inaccurate.

Can someone confirm this? Seems made up...

Whitman shows in Scattergrams the number of acceptances even when less than 3???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Einstein data is interesting because there were students who got in places and didn’t attend. Like 2 people in at Brown for example. (I realize that these students chose other schools but there were few if any acceptances to other schools that students might choose over Brown).

Brown isn’t cheap. Presumably they were either hoping for more aid money from Brown, or got a full ride somewhere else.

People do turn down Ivies if attending would stress the family budget, especially if there are more kids behind them.

I agree but you don’t see that at the W schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Just looked on Whitman naviance and see there were 4 accepted to Brown. 2 accepted to Harvard. 1 accepted to Princeton. 2 to Yale. 1 to Dartmouth. 14 to Cornell. 2 to Columbia. The numbers reported in Bethesda magazine are inaccurate.

Can someone confirm this? Seems made up...

Not made up at all. Add two to Stanford and many many others missing from magazine. It’s all in Naviance. The reporter didn’t do his or her job.

Naviance generally pools several years together doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

According to the Bethesda magazine data, 43 students applied from Bethesda public high schools and 3 were accepted last year. So probably several hundred kids applying for the general area when you add in all dmv public and private high schools..