2024 Washington DC area College commits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh wow. This totally makes sense. So even with the ultra high numbers going to top schools at Whitman and Churchill, given their likeliness to need to go to a school on aid, the rate could be even higher if that wasn’t an issue.

How does this make sense? Whitman and Churchill students live in the most well-off districts in Montgomery County, plus their parents aren't paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in private school tuition. They likely have more money saved up for college than a large chunk of private school families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: GDS is cleaning up this year.
Congrats Grasshoppers!

I counted 23% of GDS posts going to Ivies compared to 38% for SFS.

Wow!!!

Untrue and there are more GDS posters than Sidwell so this does not compute. You are playing with percentages to make Sidwell seem stronger than it is. GDS has the stronger results so far this year, but I hope there will be more good news for kids at both schools.

Here's the GDS list and Sidwell so far (as of Feb 15) for Top 25 schools

GDS - 22 into top 25 schools so far (9 Ivies )
Harvard 3
Princeton 1
Brown 1
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Penn 1
U chicago 1
Emory 3
Wesleyan 3
Northwestern 2
UVA 1
Williams 2

Sidwell- 15 kids into top schools so far - (8 Ivies)
Georgetown 1
PENN 2
Harvard 2
Cornell 1
Datmouth 1
Wash U 2
Yale 1
Brown 1
Northwestern 1
Stanford 1
U chicago 1
Wesleyan 1

It's 10 ivies for GDS, not 9

[Anonymous]

And Ivy students probably mostly hooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wow. This totally makes sense. So even with the ultra high numbers going to top schools at Whitman and Churchill, given their likeliness to need to go to a school on aid, the rate could be even higher if that wasn’t an issue.

How does this make sense? Whitman and Churchill students live in the most well-off districts in Montgomery County, plus their parents aren't paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in private school tuition. They likely have more money saved up for college than a large chunk of private school families.

Lots of assumptions there.
How many of the private school families need to save for college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And Ivy students probably mostly hooked.

...from both the private schools and also the public schools.

[Anonymous]

Dematha https://www.instagram.com/dematha24seniors?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Anonymous]

Is UChicago getting easier to get into? Seeing a lot of acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are GDS and SFS seniors who don’t get into “top” schools made to feel bad about themselves? If so, that would be terrible.

Nope. Empathy is a core part of the curriculum at both of those privates. They treat each other with respect, kindness, and all of the kids graduate with high self-esteem. That’s why they’re the best.

Very funny. To be honest, kids are kinder to one another with respect to the college process than parents are.

[Anonymous]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oakcrest School (Vienna,VA)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0r5TMhxQTo/?igsh=ZXFqZ3V0aWYzeXB0

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

Waldorf (Note Waldorf Schools use one page for nation-wide)
https://www.instagram.com/waldorfdecisions24/?igsh=azNkaWkzM2treHNy

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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")
https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions_2024/

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Additional school(s) for informational context:

Dalton School (prestigious NYC school) added for perspective:
https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23/

Way to go, GDS!!

[Anonymous]

NCS has started posting. Early this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wow. This totally makes sense. So even with the ultra high numbers going to top schools at Whitman and Churchill, given their likeliness to need to go to a school on aid, the rate could be even higher if that wasn’t an issue.

How does this make sense? Whitman and Churchill students live in the most well-off districts in Montgomery County, plus their parents aren't paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in private school tuition. They likely have more money saved up for college than a large chunk of private school families.

Lots of assumptions there.
How many of the private school families need to save for college?

What makes you think that private school families don't need to save for college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: GDS is cleaning up this year.
Congrats Grasshoppers!

I counted 23% of GDS posts going to Ivies compared to 38% for SFS.

Wow!!!

Untrue and there are more GDS posters than Sidwell so this does not compute. You are playing with percentages to make Sidwell seem stronger than it is. GDS has the stronger results so far this year, but I hope there will be more good news for kids at both schools.

Here's the GDS list and Sidwell so far (as of Feb 15) for Top 25 schools

GDS - 22 into top 25 schools so far (9 Ivies )
Harvard 3
Princeton 1
Brown 1
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Penn 1
U chicago 1
Emory 3
Wesleyan 3
Northwestern 2
UVA 1
Williams 2

Sidwell- 15 kids into top schools so far - (8 Ivies)
Georgetown 1
PENN 2
Harvard 2
Cornell 1
Datmouth 1
Wash U 2
Yale 1
Brown 1
Northwestern 1
Stanford 1
U chicago 1
Wesleyan 1

Your list is a bit…off. Why would you include Emory (3 from GDS), but not include UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, and Hamilton (4 total from Sidwell)? I fixed your biased list.

GDS - 22/45 into top 25 schools so far (9 Ivies )
Harvard 3
Princeton 1
Brown 1
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Penn 1
U chicago 1
Emory 3
Wesleyan 3
Northwestern 2
UVA 1
Williams 2

Sidwell- 19/27 kids into top schools so far - (8 Ivies)
Georgetown 1
PENN 2
Harvard 2
Cornell 1
Datmouth 1
Wash U 2
Yale 1
Brown 1
Northwestern 1
Stanford 1
U chicago 1
Wesleyan 1
Carnegie Mellon 1
Hamilton 1
UCLA 2

Forgot to include 1 to Columbia for Sidwell. Additionally, there are a handful into Ivys who have not posted yet. ED2 for UChicago a total of 4 Sidwell kids were accepted, bringing the UChicago total up to 7 this early round.

[Anonymous]

Added DeMatha:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oakcrest School (Vienna,VA)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0r5TMhxQTo/?igsh=ZXFqZ3V0aWYzeXB0

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

Waldorf (Note Waldorf Schools use one page for nation-wide)
https://www.instagram.com/waldorfdecisions24/?igsh=azNkaWkzM2treHNy

https://www.instagram.com/dematha24seniors/

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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")
https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions_2024/

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Additional school(s) for informational context:

Dalton School (prestigious NYC school) added for perspective:
https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23/

[Anonymous]

Added DeMatha:

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

https://www.instagram.com/dematha24seniors/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oakcrest School (Vienna,VA)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0r5TMhxQTo/?igsh=ZXFqZ3V0aWYzeXB0

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

Waldorf (Note Waldorf Schools use one page for nation-wide)
https://www.instagram.com/waldorfdecisions24/?igsh=azNkaWkzM2treHNy

https://www.instagram.com/dematha24seniors/

**************************
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")
https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions_2024/

*****************************
Additional school(s) for informational context:

Dalton School (prestigious NYC school) added for perspective:
https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: GDS is cleaning up this year.
Congrats Grasshoppers!

I counted 23% of GDS posts going to Ivies compared to 38% for SFS.

Wow!!!

Untrue and there are more GDS posters than Sidwell so this does not compute. You are playing with percentages to make Sidwell seem stronger than it is. GDS has the stronger results so far this year, but I hope there will be more good news for kids at both schools.

Here's the GDS list and Sidwell so far (as of Feb 15) for Top 25 schools

GDS - 22 into top 25 schools so far (9 Ivies )
Harvard 3
Princeton 1
Brown 1
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Penn 1
U chicago 1
Emory 3
Wesleyan 3
Northwestern 2
UVA 1
Williams 2

Sidwell- 15 kids into top schools so far - (8 Ivies)
Georgetown 1
PENN 2
Harvard 2
Cornell 1
Datmouth 1
Wash U 2
Yale 1
Brown 1
Northwestern 1
Stanford 1
U chicago 1
Wesleyan 1

Your list is a bit…off. Why would you include Emory (3 from GDS), but not include UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, and Hamilton (4 total from Sidwell)? I fixed your biased list.

GDS - 22/45 into top 25 schools so far (9 Ivies )
Harvard 3
Princeton 1
Brown 1
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Penn 1
U chicago 1
Emory 3
Wesleyan 3
Northwestern 2
UVA 1
Williams 2

Sidwell- 19/27 kids into top schools so far - (8 Ivies)
Georgetown 1
PENN 2
Harvard 2
Cornell 1
Datmouth 1
Wash U 2
Yale 1
Brown 1
Northwestern 1
Stanford 1
U chicago 1
Wesleyan 1
Carnegie Mellon 1
Hamilton 1
UCLA 2

Forgot to include 1 to Columbia for Sidwell. Additionally, there are a handful into Ivys who have not posted yet. ED2 for UChicago a total of 4 Sidwell kids were accepted, bringing the UChicago total up to 7 this early round.

Why do so many go ED2 at Chicago? Does Sidwell push this route?