I should have kept my kid at Wilson; college admits are much better than the Big3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this thread is like a parody of smug entitled UMC parents. The nerve of those DCPS kids gate-crashing the country club colleges with their inflated grades, gang-infested schools, and terrible teachers! They will never keep up with our cultured sophisticates who've been doing college-level coursework since preschool! How dare they usurp the rightful place just so that they can get the sticker on their car!

And I'm willing to bet that many of you have lawn signs proclaiming "hate has no home here." And college stickers on your Tesla/Volvo/Suburban.

BTW I've studied and taught at the schools where you think your kids think are owed a place simply by virtue of the K-12 tuition dollars you've paid. And I've got news for you: you're wrong.

Not smug, entitled, UMC parents - in DC those parents are the ones sending their kids to Wilson.[i][u]

This thread provides a clear view into the entitled views of rich DC, private school parents, who believe that their wealth alone shows that their kids should be in line in front of Wilson kids for spots at competitive colleges. It is pathetic, gross, and appalling. I would be beyond embarrassed to send my kids to a private school populated by these parents and their children.

Former DCPS parent. Kid now in private HS. Maybe like always ends up with like, but I find the parents at private school waaaay more likeable and well-adjusted socially than the Wilson parents. The Wilson parents I know are the most condescending, judgmental, self-righteous lot I’ve ever come across. Morally and academically superior attitude in every way. It’s like they’re still railing against the popular crowd. You think private school parents are nuts about elite college placement? My lord. The private school parents have been much more welcoming and inclusive.

You do you.

In a similar situation and have found the opposite to be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this thread is like a parody of smug entitled UMC parents. The nerve of those DCPS kids gate-crashing the country club colleges with their inflated grades, gang-infested schools, and terrible teachers! They will never keep up with our cultured sophisticates who've been doing college-level coursework since preschool! How dare they usurp the rightful place just so that they can get the sticker on their car!

And I'm willing to bet that many of you have lawn signs proclaiming "hate has no home here." And college stickers on your Tesla/Volvo/Suburban.

BTW I've studied and taught at the schools where you think your kids think are owed a place simply by virtue of the K-12 tuition dollars you've paid. And I've got news for you: you're wrong.

Not smug, entitled, UMC parents - in DC those parents are the ones sending their kids to Wilson.[i][u]

This thread provides a clear view into the entitled views of rich DC, private school parents, who believe that their wealth alone shows that their kids should be in line in front of Wilson kids for spots at competitive colleges. It is pathetic, gross, and appalling. I would be beyond embarrassed to send my kids to a private school populated by these parents and their children.

Former DCPS parent. Kid now in private HS. Maybe like always ends up with like, but I find the parents at private school waaaay more likeable and well-adjusted socially than the Wilson parents. The Wilson parents I know are the most condescending, judgmental, self-righteous lot I’ve ever come across. Morally and academically superior attitude in every way. It’s like they’re still railing against the popular crowd. You think private school parents are nuts about elite college placement? My lord. The private school parents have been much more welcoming and inclusive.

You do you.

In a similar situation and have found the opposite to be true.

It’s almost as if the nutty broad generalizations about public and private schools that one sees frequently on DCUM are inaccurate and that people can have different experiences in their lives. Who would have thought.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
The other thing that is that my kid and other friends who left DCPS for private (Big5 and otherwise) are having a hard time with academics this fall. It hasn't been easy to suddenly be accountable for writing and reading.
Don't get me wrong--it's been AWESOME to watch as a parent (my kid is learning!!!) and they're all getting there. But the learning curve has been straight up. My kid is getting his/her first B (ever).
Meanwhile, their peers left in DCPS will have better college outcomes, having done 10% of the work. I just shake my head.

And to the poster who said that the kids at Wilson are disadvantaged unlike their coddled private peers? Give me a break. We're talking about wealthy, upper NW white people at Wilson.
Many are wealthier than I am. In fact, most are. These kids are at no disadvantage. They're just attending a high school that asks nothing of them and the colleges are non the wiser.

Everyone at Wilson isn’t wealthy, white, and upper class.

Lol…there really aren’t any Upper Class families in Washington.

Upper Middle Class, yes, but real Upper Class - No

[Anonymous]

I'm a long-standing (20+ years) DCPS parent with a kid now at a Big3.
The upper NW Janney/Deal/Wilson (or similar) kids are some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids there are.
Many of their parents just elected to spend $500K on a bump-out addition vs. private high school. I can think of 40-50
such families just in my social circle alone. These kids wouldn't know hardship (academic or otherwise) if it hit them over the head.

Many of the Big3 private families we've gotten to know are on aid and come from FAR less privileged backgrounds.
Then there are many who are two feds or similar who don't receive aid but are are scraping by to pay the tuition.

Any stereotype of the private school kids being coddled while their Wilson counterparts are slaving in the salt mines is completely false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a long-standing (20+ years) DCPS parent with a kid now at a Big3.
The upper NW Janney/Deal/Wilson (or similar) kids are some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids there are.
Many of their parents just elected to spend $500K on a bump-out addition vs. private high school. I can think of 40-50
such families just in my social circle alone. These kids wouldn't know hardship (academic or otherwise) if it hit them over the head.

Many of the Big3 private families we've gotten to know are on aid and come from FAR less privileged backgrounds.
Then there are many who are two feds or similar who don't receive aid but are are scraping by to pay the tuition.

Any stereotype of the private school kids being coddled while their Wilson counterparts are slaving in the salt mines is completely false.

So you have spent 20 years in upper NW, never leaving that part of town. Did your children never make friends with anyone outside your zip code?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a long-standing (20+ years) DCPS parent with a kid now at a Big3.
The upper NW Janney/Deal/Wilson (or similar) kids are some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids there are.
Many of their parents just elected to spend $500K on a bump-out addition vs. private high school. I can think of 40-50
such families just in my social circle alone. These kids wouldn't know hardship (academic or otherwise) if it hit them over the head.

Many of the Big3 private families we've gotten to know are on aid and come from FAR less privileged backgrounds.
Then there are many who are two feds or similar who don't receive aid but are are scraping by to pay the tuition.

Any stereotype of the private school kids being coddled while their Wilson counterparts are slaving in the salt mines is completely false.

My son has a kid on his basketball team that went to Janney and I get a-hole vibes from his parents.

[Anonymous]

When I interviewed for my Ivy alma mater, it was always apparent that the beau ideal applicant was a student from a big urban magnet type school. They loved the idealized woke progressive student who founded clubs at his/her/they urban high school and with parents who were heads of local non profits and NGOs and parroted every SJW woke terminology possible. Higher education is at the forefront of the woke movement and going to an elite private school will be held against you if you don't have any special connections otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I interviewed for my Ivy alma mater, it was always apparent that the beau ideal applicant was a student from a big urban magnet type school. They loved the idealized woke progressive student who founded clubs at his/her/they urban high school and with parents who were heads of local non profits and NGOs and parroted every SJW woke terminology possible. Higher education is at the forefront of the woke movement and going to an elite private school will be held against you if you don't have any special connections otherwise.

Wilson is definitely woke!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a long-standing (20+ years) DCPS parent with a kid now at a Big3.
The upper NW Janney/Deal/Wilson (or similar) kids are some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids there are.
Many of their parents just elected to spend $500K on a bump-out addition vs. private high school. I can think of 40-50
such families just in my social circle alone. These kids wouldn't know hardship (academic or otherwise) if it hit them over the head.

Many of the Big3 private families we've gotten to know are on aid and come from FAR less privileged backgrounds.
Then there are many who are two feds or similar who don't receive aid but are are scraping by to pay the tuition.

Any stereotype of the private school kids being coddled while their Wilson counterparts are slaving in the salt mines is completely false.

My son has a kid on his basketball team that went to Janney and I get a-hole vibes from his parents.

Yes. The public school parents are the snooty ones in DC. Unlike the lovely private school parents who wish the best for all kids (including Wilson).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a long-standing (20+ years) DCPS parent with a kid now at a Big3.
The upper NW Janney/Deal/Wilson (or similar) kids are some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids there are.
Many of their parents just elected to spend $500K on a bump-out addition vs. private high school. I can think of 40-50
such families just in my social circle alone. These kids wouldn't know hardship (academic or otherwise) if it hit them over the head.

Many of the Big3 private families we've gotten to know are on aid and come from FAR less privileged backgrounds.
Then there are many who are two feds or similar who don't receive aid but are are scraping by to pay the tuition.

Any stereotype of the private school kids being coddled while their Wilson counterparts are slaving in the salt mines is completely false.

+1. AU Park is tony and posh. We live in a shack and practically eat rice and beans every day so we can send our 3 kids to Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell senior parent and we all know this is true. Still- and I mean this, even though our family is still sweating it out with two deferrals to date- I would send my kids to private again, knowing this, over Wilson any day.

This. Those kids getting into HPY etc who don’t know how to study and are getting As for showing up are being put in a difficult position by their parents. They will be in for a huge shock next year at college and possibly (likely) feel overwhelmed if they don’t know how to study and write well. I’d rather my kid at a suburban high school in an IB program get into Scripps or another great liberal arts college that isn’t a 9 percent admit chance, do really well there and then go to a grad school they are really prepared for. We used to be at private and I think those kids will be far more prepared for college wherever they go then the kids from Wilson you referred to.
It’s about the total experience, not the sticker on your car.

+100. Makes no sense why the Ivys keep admitting Wilson kids year after year. We all know they will crash and burn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this thread is like a parody of smug entitled UMC parents. The nerve of those DCPS kids gate-crashing the country club colleges with their inflated grades, gang-infested schools, and terrible teachers! They will never keep up with our cultured sophisticates who've been doing college-level coursework since preschool! How dare they usurp the rightful place just so that they can get the sticker on their car!

And I'm willing to bet that many of you have lawn signs proclaiming "hate has no home here." And college stickers on your Tesla/Volvo/Suburban.

BTW I've studied and taught at the schools where you think your kids think are owed a place simply by virtue of the K-12 tuition dollars you've paid. And I've got news for you: you're wrong.

Not smug, entitled, UMC parents - in DC those parents are the ones sending their kids to Wilson.[i][u]

This thread provides a clear view into the entitled views of rich DC, private school parents, who believe that their wealth alone shows that their kids should be in line in front of Wilson kids for spots at competitive colleges. It is pathetic, gross, and appalling. I would be beyond embarrassed to send my kids to a private school populated by these parents and their children.

Former DCPS parent. Kid now in private HS. Maybe like always ends up with like, but I find the parents at private school waaaay more likeable and well-adjusted socially than the Wilson parents. The Wilson parents I know are the most condescending, judgmental, self-righteous lot I’ve ever come across. Morally and academically superior attitude in every way. It’s like they’re still railing against the popular crowd. You think private school parents are nuts about elite college placement? My lord. The private school parents have been much more welcoming and inclusive.

You do you.

Well, if you are anything like the OP, I can see why public school parents might not like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell senior parent and we all know this is true. Still- and I mean this, even though our family is still sweating it out with two deferrals to date- I would send my kids to private again, knowing this, over Wilson any day.

This. Those kids getting into HPY etc who don’t know how to study and are getting As for showing up are being put in a difficult position by their parents. They will be in for a huge shock next year at college and possibly (likely) feel overwhelmed if they don’t know how to study and write well. I’d rather my kid at a suburban high school in an IB program get into Scripps or another great liberal arts college that isn’t a 9 percent admit chance, do really well there and then go to a grad school they are really prepared for. We used to be at private and I think those kids will be far more prepared for college wherever they go then the kids from Wilson you referred to.
It’s about the total experience, not the sticker on your car.

+100. Makes no sense why the Ivys keep admitting Wilson kids year after year. We all know they will crash and burn.

You should call up those schools and talk some sense into them. They obviously have no idea what they are doing.

[Anonymous]

The irony is the woke philosophy that is Wilson parents have raised what they claim to disdain. If only hard working students were accepted at the Ivies - instead of the gamers - looking at you Wilson parents (except those with the Maryland tags!).

[Anonymous]

This thread is fascinating. Some posters seem to have an excessive amount of self-esteem wrapped up in which ‘team’ they’re on. So weird.