Whitman HS - 2018 Class Destinations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Why so many to Georgia?

The SEC schools throw tons of money at kids form this area. If you can go to Maryland and Georgia for the same price, which college experience would you pick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not as comprehensive, but here are some of the acceptances for Wilson in DC, for comparison. Pretty impressive:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/721690.page

Can't compare with that data...it is reports admissions, not enrollment.

True - but admissions tells me all of their offerings. Enrollment tells me what they could afford or colleges that offered major scholarships to lure top students.

The admissions lists are basically worthless. A single motivated kid can get the entire top 20 schools added to the list. Enrollment tells me that there were at least 15-20 kids getting into vey selective schools.
The only thing worse than admission lists, are the schools that show admissions over the last 3 years.

A bunch of "1"s beside the Top 20 is one thing. But, if the admission list has 10+ beside the Top 20 plus the top tech schools? That's impressive. Enrollment is where reality sets in, finances are realized, and people make choices. TJ's school profile includes the number applied and the number accepted. Now, THAT's helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not as comprehensive, but here are some of the acceptances for Wilson in DC, for comparison. Pretty impressive:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/721690.page

Can't compare with that data...it is reports admissions, not enrollment.

True - but admissions tells me all of their offerings. Enrollment tells me what they could afford or colleges that offered major scholarships to lure top students.

The admissions lists are basically worthless. A single motivated kid can get the entire top 20 schools added to the list. Enrollment tells me that there were at least 15-20 kids getting into vey selective schools.
The only thing worse than admission lists, are the schools that show admissions over the last 3 years.

A bunch of "1"s beside the Top 20 is one thing. But, if the admission list has 10+ beside the Top 20 plus the top tech schools? That's impressive. Enrollment is where reality sets in, finances are realized, and people make choices. TJ's school profile includes the number applied and the number accepted. Now, THAT's helpful.

Bethesda Magazine has a list of applied/accepted for the Bethesda area high schools. It’s posted in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Why so many to Georgia?

The SEC schools throw tons of money at kids form this area. If you can go to Maryland and Georgia for the same price, which college experience would you pick?

Maryland, and it is not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:


Why so many to Georgia?

The SEC schools throw tons of money at kids form this area. If you can go to Maryland and Georgia for the same price, which college experience would you pick?

Maryland, and it is not even close.

From 2017 CDS
UGA UMD
Students in Top 10% 54% 72%
ACT 25-75 26-31 29-33
SAT English 25-75 610-690 640-720
SAT Math 25-75 590-680 650-750

Very different student body profiles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many mean comments on here. Just because these students live in an affluent area, doesn't mean that they are all rolling in cash or only want to go to a "top" school. Not surprising that so many are going to UMD - a smart choice for an excellent affordable education. Congrats to the class of 2018 wherever life may take you next!

+1

Even in the vaunted Whitman cluster, not every family is willing or able to pay $70K/year per kid.

My D is going to UChicago 2022 and try more like $77k this year w/ increases of 3-4% every year. Will be closer to $85k by the time she graduates. And its not only Chicago but many of the top privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:


Why so many to Georgia?

The SEC schools throw tons of money at kids form this area. If you can go to Maryland and Georgia for the same price, which college experience would you pick?

Maryland, and it is not even close.

From 2017 CDS
UGA UMD
Students in Top 10% 54% 72%
ACT 25-75 26-31 29-33
SAT English 25-75 610-690 640-720
SAT Math 25-75 590-680 650-750

Very different student body profiles.

Meh, this is just one piece of a decision. College Park is a pit. Athens is fantastic. If merit money is great, that leaves money for grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Underwhelming list.

Why underwhelming? A public school sent a nontrivial number of kids to elite institutions and a substantial number to darn good ones. No ordinary public school is so special.

This list, except for the number of Gap Year kids, looks very similar to my kid's public in VA. However, swap the UMD number with the UVA number. UVA is coming in at 62 and UMD has 6. There are 2 off to M.I.T this fall from my kid's public.

Which school? Were you talking about admit numbers? In northern VA, top public schools (non-TJ) send about 35 students on average to UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivy League:

Yale - 4
Brown - 2
Columbia - 2
Cornell - 2
Dartmouth - 2
Princeton - 2
Harvard - 1
Penn - 0

Other Top Schools
Stanford - 0
Berkeley - 2
Chicago - 1
UCLA - 3

21 of 500?.

Is top 10% of the class going to Top 25 rated schools still? Or is half the school getting rounded up 4.0s and colleges can’t make heads nor tails of people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivy League:

Yale - 4
Brown - 2
Columbia - 2
Cornell - 2
Dartmouth - 2
Princeton - 2
Harvard - 1
Penn - 0

Other Top Schools
Stanford - 0
Berkeley - 2
Chicago - 1
UCLA - 3

21 of 500?.

Is top 10% of the class going to Top 25 rated schools still? Or is half the school getting rounded up 4.0s and colleges can’t make heads nor tails of people?

55 kids (roughly 12%) are going to the schools ranked in the top 25 by US News. Last year that number was 61.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Why so many to Georgia?

The SEC schools throw tons of money at kids form this area. If you can go to Maryland and Georgia for the same price, which college experience would you pick?

It's very hard to get into college these days. I haven't seen Churchill stats but I am sure they are comparable. Congrats to all the seniors!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivy League:

Yale - 4
Brown - 2
Columbia - 2
Cornell - 2
Dartmouth - 2
Princeton - 2
Harvard - 1
Penn - 0

Other Top Schools
Stanford - 0
Berkeley - 2
Chicago - 1
UCLA - 3

21 of 500?.

Is top 10% of the class going to Top 25 rated schools still? Or is half the school getting rounded up 4.0s and colleges can’t make heads nor tails of people?

Thanks. This is same % as sfs and gds each year but with 130 person class, and a clearer ranking system (gpa rank is more laddered than whatever MCPS is doing giving everyone an A or a B)

55 kids (roughly 12%) are going to the schools ranked in the top 25 by US News. Last year that number was 61.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not as comprehensive, but here are some of the acceptances for Wilson in DC, for comparison. Pretty impressive:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/721690.page

Can't compare with that data...it is reports admissions, not enrollment.

True - but admissions tells me all of their offerings. Enrollment tells me what they could afford or colleges that offered major scholarships to lure top students.

The admissions lists are basically worthless. A single motivated kid can get the entire top 20 schools added to the list. Enrollment tells me that there were at least 15-20 kids getting into vey selective schools.
The only thing worse than admission lists, are the schools that show admissions over the last 3 years.

Why? U know right if you have every year of these “3 years admission” lists, you can derive the current year’s list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not as comprehensive, but here are some of the acceptances for Wilson in DC, for comparison. Pretty impressive:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/721690.page

Can't compare with that data...it is reports admissions, not enrollment.

True - but admissions tells me all of their offerings. Enrollment tells me what they could afford or colleges that offered major scholarships to lure top students.

The admissions lists are basically worthless. A single motivated kid can get the entire top 20 schools added to the list. Enrollment tells me that there were at least 15-20 kids getting into vey selective schools.
The only thing worse than admission lists, are the schools that show admissions over the last 3 years.

Why? U know right if you have every year of these “3 years admission” lists, you can derive the current year’s list?

And even if I do, I'm left not knowing whether the fact that every school in the top 20 is listed reflects just one kid. Matriculations are useful, admissions are not.

[Anonymous]

Kind of a poor result considering how much parents invest in the real estate to live in that school district and all the money spent on enrichment and extracurricular activities. What a waste of money.