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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child at Wilson this year.  He loves it.  He is doing well academically and plays sports too.  Both my husband and I attended private schools growing up, and then UVA for college and graduate school so we were prepared to go the private school route too.  But when we saw Wilson's college list we were blown away:  Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Tufts, Bates, UNC Chapel Hill, the list goes on.  Now, I will say that it is a large school by DC standards, and we've had a teacher each year that we have not been impressed with. However, from a cost benefit standpoint, we're getting an excellent education for our son.  Now, if you want your child around lots of kids of a higher SES, or if you're uncomfortable with the diversity and somewhat rough feel of a big urban public school, or if your child needs a little hand holding, you might want to look to the privates.  All that said, we love his peer group which is made up of a lot of kids from all over the city, and quite a few transferred from 2nd tier DC privates and are really happy overall with their decision.

One other thing to consider is that a lot of ivy and little ivy college admissions officers are looking to schools like Wilson where the student has had to be a little more self-motivated to succeed, to diversify their freshman classes.  The college counselor at Wilson, Sandy Bean, is phenomenal and has built up very solid relationships with college admissions officers and her work clearly pays off.  We're really pretty happy with how it has all worked out.[/quote]

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