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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've  watched this play out very closely for 3 years:  I have DCPS kids (3) who are in Big3 high schools.  best friends are at Walls.

Your kids will work much harder at Sidwell and learn more but they'll get into a better college from Walls.  (But does high school have to be this challenging?  That is the question.)  The school spirit part of high school may be better at Sidwell. [/quote]

Why do you think a student will get into a better college from Walls?  Do you have data that indicates students from these two schools, with similar stats, do better coming from Walls?  Where’s the proof?[/quote]

I'm not the PP you are referring to but I agree with their assessment re college admissions.[/quote]

Can to point to any complete data from the past three years?  No. And neither can anyone else. I have also followed these two schools closely for about the past six years and also Wilson, and it’s a lovely public school parent trope that kids from DC public schools “go to better colleges” but they actually don’t. Especially when one looks at the entire class and not just the four people that are going to Yale. Three of whom are going there for recruitable sports.[/quote]

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