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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So seriously, the standard we're setting for McKinley Tech is "how many of its students are going to Caltech?"

Love that.[/quote]

No, McKinley Tech is fine for many science-focused students.  But for the kids who have the potential for CalTech, DCPS does not offer a good solution.  Don't those students matter too?[/quote]

CalTech is only 980 students total...so only about 245 per class.  It is my understanding that not a single kid from any DC school (public, private or charter) was admitted to CalTech for the 2023 class.  That said, very few applied.

DCPS sends kids to MIT, Ivy League, Stanford, UC schools, Michigan, UVA, etc. every year.  Yes, probably 90%+ of those students attend Walls or JR (though McKinley sent some as well...believe the Valedictorian last year is at Cornell).  You would agree those are strong schools.[/quote]

Going to college on the opposite side of the U.S. is not easy. I wouldn’t think many kids would do it unless they have family in CA. The only thing that makes sense is Stanford over MIT to me. Stanford is a feeder into the SV startup scene. [b]The only thing coming out of MIT are inflated egos/self-worth. [/b][/quote]

What a goofy statement. This MIT grad think you aren't a serious person, not even close.  Many of my former classmates are modest types who do absolutely amazing things.  I interview applicants to MIT as an alum volunteer.  To my knowledge, DCPS generally produces zero MIT admits in a given year, occasionally one or two. In fact, BASIS alone has produced more MIT admits in the last several years than DCPS has in the last decade.[/quote]

In fairness...go look at Sidwell, GDS, STA and Maret and you are lucky to have 1 kid in total from all those schools combined admitted to MIT each year.  I know the private school folks claim that it is just due to not having an interest in MIT (of course STA literally has like 10+ kids going to U Chicago every year)...however, I would think it is a combination of where interest and acceptance my overlap.  Since MIT does not really recruit heavily for sports and offers no legacy benefit...I guess it makes sense for private schools.

JR actually has had one admit in each of the last two years.  In both years, top of the class URM that was accepted to nearly every school they applied.  Both actually matriculated at different Ivy schools for one reason or another.[/quote]

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