Is my DC hosed b/c of my negative DCUM comment?

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[Post New]05/03/2010 16:02
Anonymous
... the schools/? They want parent they perceive as high-powered. You want a school you perceive as high-powered. And, odds are, your perception of how high-powered the school is depends (directly or indirectly) on how many "stars" the school has regular intercourse with.


Not true for us. I really wanted DD to be admitted to a particular school because after a great amount of research, examination, touring, interviewing friends, etc., I really believe this particular Big 3 school is the best. I also believe DD would be a great fit there (but not the other Big 3, which I throw in here just to demonstrate I am NOT -- as you suggest -- blinded by "power" and names and cache.) We didn't apply to the other Big 3, in fact.

DD was waitlisted/rejected. I am sad, we will apply again at some point, and we all feel so-so about her current Big 12 school.

Meanwhile I keep hearing about kids (families) who have been admitted to the Particular School, either this year or a couple years prior. In every single instance -- EVERY single instance -- mom or dad is either a columnist at the Post, a high-level Obama political type, a TV personality, a celebrity Washingtonian-featured physician, or a judge.

I refuse to believe that all the children of Washington Post and NY Times columnists are smarter and more well-rounded than all the children of government lawyers at the Treasury Department. That children of doctors featured in a Washingtonian puff piece are better than children of more typical doctors practicing in Takoma Park. It's just not possible. So clearly the school is looking for something else, namely BOLD NAMES.

Their propensity to fill the roster with BOLD NAMES doesn't mean they don't offer a great education. I really think they're the best. They are also star fuckers of the highest order.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:07
Anonymous
I know where you applied last summer
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:11
Anonymous
PP that is hilarious.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:20
Anonymous
15:41 Which one do you think caters more to the high profile parents? I've got my nominee.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:24
SAM2
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I keep hearing about kids (families) who have been admitted to the Particular School, either this year or a couple years prior. In every single instance -- EVERY single instance -- mom or dad is either a columnist at the Post, a high-level Obama political type, a TV personality, a celebrity Washingtonian-featured physician, or a judge.

Maybe it's just that people are more likely to talk (and you're more likely to hear about) high-profile people. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of no-name government lawyers with kids at these schools -- probably more than the high-profile types -- but no one gabbing about the schools pays any attention to them.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:37
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:15:41 Which one do you think caters more to the high profile parents? I've got my nominee.


15:41 here. Yes, I had one particular school in mind, whose offer we declined, but I won't name it here, as I do not wish to start a fire. I think you and I are thinking of the same school, which has a reputation for catering to some special families.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:42
Anonymous
OP, don't sweat it. I'm sure the school admin doesn't have you marked. But next time you post, change the identifying facts a bit, e.g. posting about your daughter even though you don't have one.
[Post New]05/03/2010 16:58
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
... the schools/? They want parent they perceive as high-powered. You want a school you perceive as high-powered. And, odds are, your perception of how high-powered the school is depends (directly or indirectly) on how many "stars" the school has regular intercourse with.


Not true for us. I really wanted DD to be admitted to a particular school because after a great amount of research, examination, touring, interviewing friends, etc., I really believe this particular Big 3 school is the best. I also believe DD would be a great fit there (but not the other Big 3, which I throw in here just to demonstrate I am NOT -- as you suggest -- blinded by "power" and names and cache.) We didn't apply to the other Big 3, in fact.

DD was waitlisted/rejected. I am sad, we will apply again at some point, and we all feel so-so about her current Big 12 school.

Meanwhile I keep hearing about kids (families) who have been admitted to the Particular School, either this year or a couple years prior. In every single instance -- EVERY single instance -- mom or dad is either a columnist at the Post, a high-level Obama political type, a TV personality, a celebrity Washingtonian-featured physician, or a judge.

I refuse to believe that all the children of Washington Post and NY Times columnists are smarter and more well-rounded than all the children of government lawyers at the Treasury Department. That children of doctors featured in a Washingtonian puff piece are better than children of more typical doctors practicing in Takoma Park. It's just not possible. So clearly the school is looking for something else, namely BOLD NAMES.

Their propensity to fill the roster with BOLD NAMES doesn't mean they don't offer a great education. I really think they're the best. They are also star fuckers of the highest order.


See 15:41 makes sense to me -- during the course of the admissions process she discovered that a previously attractive school wasn't what she hoped/thought it would be, so she turned it down. By contrast, this post doesn't add up. What it seems to be saying is "I'm sad DC didn't get into the star-fucker school?" WTF? And I don't get how the "great amount of research, examination, touring?" that convinced you that DC and this school were made for each another somehow failed to turn up the fact that the school as a "starfucker of the highest order"? Yet this realization still doesn't lead you to question your earlier conclusion that this school is *the one* for your DC? Kinda like a woman who wants to marry a guy who is here soul mate -- well, except for the fact that he's an alcoholic womanizer with abusive tendencies....
[Post New]05/03/2010 21:58
Anonymous
Evidently you are unhappy with the private school admissions process. And obviously your child did not get admitted to your first choice school (even though you now "claim" that he/she did). I know that it's painful--it happens to a lot of us --but the admissions process is so competitive that I wouldn't take it personally. It's not worth driving yourself crazy...

Anonymous wrote:
... the schools/? They want parent they perceive as high-powered. You want a school you perceive as high-powered. And, odds are, your perception of how high-powered the school is depends (directly or indirectly) on how many "stars" the school has regular intercourse with.


Not true for us. I really wanted DD to be admitted to a particular school because after a great amount of research, examination, touring, interviewing friends, etc., I really believe this particular Big 3 school is the best. I also believe DD would be a great fit there (but not the other Big 3, which I throw in here just to demonstrate I am NOT -- as you suggest -- blinded by "power" and names and cache.) We didn't apply to the other Big 3, in fact.

DD was waitlisted/rejected. I am sad, we will apply again at some point, and we all feel so-so about her current Big 12 school.

Meanwhile I keep hearing about kids (families) who have been admitted to the Particular School, either this year or a couple years prior. In every single instance -- EVERY single instance -- mom or dad is either a columnist at the Post, a high-level Obama political type, a TV personality, a celebrity Washingtonian-featured physician, or a judge.

I refuse to believe that all the children of Washington Post and NY Times columnists are smarter and more well-rounded than all the children of government lawyers at the Treasury Department. That children of doctors featured in a Washingtonian puff piece are better than children of more typical doctors practicing in Takoma Park. It's just not possible. So clearly the school is looking for something else, namely BOLD NAMES.

Their propensity to fill the roster with BOLD NAMES doesn't mean they don't offer a great education. I really think they're the best. They are also star fuckers of the highest order.
[Post New]05/03/2010 22:05
Anonymous
By contrast, this post doesn't add up. What it seems to be saying is "I'm sad DC didn't get into the star-fucker school?" WTF? And I don't get how the "great amount of research, examination, touring?" that convinced you that DC and this school were made for each another somehow failed to turn up the fact that the school as a "starfucker of the highest order"? Yet this realization still doesn't lead you to question your earlier conclusion that this school is *the one* for your DC?


So here are some things that might make a school great and perfect for a child: quality of teachers; quality of curriculum; facilities; educational philosophy (progressive, traditional, IB). Breadth and depth of extracurricular offerings, including sports and the arts.

Can you not imagine a school, maybe a school that starts with an 'S', that has some superior and occasionally unsurpassed offerings in the categories listed above, and also has an admissions committee that is enamored of BigName journalists and Obama officials? No?
[Post New]05/04/2010 07:34
Anonymous
So in the end this whine is "I can't get my kid into the best school because they chose the kids of other more impressive parents?" Boohoo. No reason to believe your kid was vastly more qualified/impressive than theirs.

It's not as if Sidwell's teachers, curriculum, facilities, athletics are unparalleled or its educational philosophy is unique. And if you truly believe it's a "star-fucker of the highest order" then the integrity of all those programs is at risk.

Honestly the vibe I get from this post is some random girl reads an article about Brad Pitt and decides she and he were meant for each other then gets pissed when he chooses Angelina Jolie instead. Get over yourself and move on -- your love for Sidwell was unreciprocated and the simultaneous rage and longing you still obviously feel makes you look like a real loser.
[Post New]05/04/2010 09:07
Anonymous
Yes, it's as if Jennifer Anniston still thought the world of Brad Pitt after he showed his true colors with Angelina. Why would anyone still rage with love and hate at a school she now knows to be a "starf*cker"?
[Post New]05/04/2010 09:21
Anonymous
Of course Anniston was married to Pitt so the love-hate thing makes more sense. It's not like she read about him in a magazine, unilaterally decided they were soul mates, and then was enraged when he never even decided to ask her out because he was too busy dating BOLD NAMES
[Post New]05/04/2010 09:25
Anonymous
We turned down Starf*cker School's offer mostly because we did not wish to have our DC imbibing daily of the culture there, which panders to the rich/powerful/famous in direct contradiction of the lofty philosophy stated in their brochures. I don't see how anyone could, while raging against the moral corruption of such a culture, still be intent on reapplying for admission there!
[Post New]05/04/2010 09:31
Anonymous
And here we have the most favored and erudite rejoinder in all of the Private School forum: You didn't / can't get into school X, you are stupid to want that in the first place, and you are a loser. Often followed by the witty and thoughtful "WHY DO YOU CARE????"

When I see that simple, yet elegant debate point, I know I have a real intellect in our midst.
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