Big 3 Nightmare

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Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

Sure you're a public school parent. Go away, troll.

Not just public, public in a district I am positive you wouldn’t let your kid step into, because if you are this fragile and over sensitive on DCUM I am sure you could not manage the district I sent my kids to.

Go whine somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread seems to be primarily about GDS. Is Sidwell similar or STA/NCS?

Also, how does GDS address the needs of families who are seeking need based and merit aid? Do they allow those families to apply more broadly? DC is on considerable FA at another school and I would not be ok if DC had to limit options for matching with a school with adequate funding because of arbitrary school rules.

The NCS process is much more transparent and you have access to more data. That does not mean everyone at NCS is thrilled with their outcomes or with the process, but having been through it at both schools, we found the NCS approach less stressful. There are very few scenarios where having less information is better than having more information.

You may have more data at NCS but there are plenty of unhappy parents and students regarding college outcomes at NCS.
Yes, the education is outstanding but it is hard for students not to question why they worked so hard in HS to end up at a school like Bates or Wisconsin.
Not throwing shade at these schools. They are excellent but lots of kids who had a more chill HS experience also end up at the same place. How is the stress and crazy amount of work at top high schools like GDS and NCS worth it?

Bates parent here from a highly regarded DMV public school. Your mindset is 1990s. The median GPA for my kid's HS for Bates was 4.6w. Wisconsin is a similarly tough admit nowadays. None of the kids who go to these schools from the DC area had a "chill HS experience." Sorry that your kid has to slum with mine, we're very glad that we chose not to put our kids in overpriced mediocre privates only to end up in the exact same place as hardworking public school kids. Hope your kid didn't inherit your sense of entitlement.

Is your highly regarded public school in MoCo? because if it is, everyone is aware now of the unlimited retakes, the C + B = A as the final grade, and equity-driven GPA outcomes. I'm not saying your kid isn't deserving. I am saying that any moderately intelligent kid attending at MoCo HS will emerge with a 4.2w or better just by breathing.

This is not the case at GDS, NCS, STA and especially Sidwell, where two English teachers will not give As. To anyone.

This sort of crap. Nice little game to push buttons and then blame people for responding to it, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

Sure you're a public school parent. Go away, troll.

Not just public, public in a district I am positive you wouldn’t let your kid step into, because if you are this fragile and over sensitive on DCUM I am sure you could not manage the district I sent my kids to.

Go whine somewhere else.

If you think it's OK for private school parents to blame your public school kids because Larla didn't get into Yale, you're an idiot and not worth listening to. Stop with the sanctimommy bs, you look like a ridiculous tool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

Did you study smug nastiness in college? Because you're really good at it. Doubt you have many friends, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

Why are you on a crusade to slaughter another pp for a reasonable reaction to insults? You must have issues of your own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

Why are you on a crusade to slaughter another pp for a reasonable reaction to insults? You must have issues of your own.

There are no insults in this thread.

I wonder how you get through the day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

Sure you're a public school parent. Go away, troll.

Not just public, public in a district I am positive you wouldn’t let your kid step into, because if you are this fragile and over sensitive on DCUM I am sure you could not manage the district I sent my kids to.

Go whine somewhere else.

If you think it's OK for private school parents to blame your public school kids because Larla didn't get into Yale, you're an idiot and not worth listening to. Stop with the sanctimommy bs, you look like a ridiculous tool.

Maybe try drinking some chamomile tea and putting down the alcohol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

Why are you on a crusade to slaughter another pp for a reasonable reaction to insults? You must have issues of your own.

There are no insults in this thread.

I wonder how you get through the day.

LOL, now you're just lying, or you haven't bothered to read the thread you're all incensed about. How do you get through the day?

You're probably a troll and I got sucked in. My bad.

[Anonymous]

Are the kids on here posting tonight?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long story short:

A few (not all!) private school parents chose Big 3s for the bragging rights and/or because they thought Larlo would be a shoe-in to, nay almost entitled to, a top college. They didn't count on Larlo's classmates outcompeting him.

These parents certainly don't want to take responsibility for their own decisions. So they come out guns blazing against public school kids. It's not a good look.

Absurd take. You can’t see because the chip on your shoulder is obscuring your vision so much. You give public parents a bad name.

- kids in public

Nope. My kid is going to Columbia from public. I'm confident about my kid's qualifications (national recognition in an EC, great stats, and so on). But I'm also sick and tired of all the private school parents on this thread who say my kid's success is undeserved. Read the thread: our kids are lazy, they only get in because of grade inflation, they'll fail once they get in, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody needs to push back on this BS.

Well, thank god you’re here. Thank you for performing this vital service for the community. Your bravery will be long remembered.

Never said I was brave. It's just, after 40+ pages of bs about public school kids, I'm po'd. Yep, the bitter private school parents trying to blame everybody but themselves got to me, it took 35+ pages, but they got to me.

Lady, you are making public school parents look bad. And I say that as one. Your persecution complex is ridiculous.

It's the angry private school parents insulting public school kids who look bad.

Lol no.

I have no idea how you manage life. It must be hard being you.

Why are you on a crusade to slaughter another pp for a reasonable reaction to insults? You must have issues of your own.

There are no insults in this thread.

I wonder how you get through the day.

LOL, now you're just lying, or you haven't bothered to read the thread you're all incensed about. How do you get through the day?

You're probably a troll and I got sucked in. My bad.

I read literally every post.

You are so ridiculously over sensitive you are reading things that are not there. What does it matter if some public schools grade inflate and people notice? They do. Not all of them. Some. Who cares if some private parents know about that?

I don’t believe you have a kid going to Columbia. I think you are a bored high school senior who didn’t get in where he wanted, and is trolling as a result. No normal adult with healthy mental status would be as whiny about a thread on a message board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the kids on here posting tonight?

I think so. The posts from a supposed public school parent taking absurd offense have to be from high school students. At least, I hope and pray it’s a bored teen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are the kids on here posting tonight?

I think so. The posts from a supposed public school parent taking absurd offense have to be from high school students. At least, I hope and pray it’s a bored teen.

The responses are off too. Go to bed kids

[Anonymous]

Who-ever this offended poster is, they've been posting on this thread from 3pm to now almost 1am. It has to be a kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who-ever this offended poster is, they've been posting on this thread from 3pm to now almost 1am. It has to be a kid.

Agree. Can’t be an adult.

Go to bed, kiddos.