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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

By 2023 year, do you mean kids who were admitted in the spring of this year? Because I know that a student at BASIS DC was admitted to Caltech this past spring.[/quote]

Yes…so that is a good reference…none of the privates nor JR or Walls had any.  Nice there was one DC kid.[/quote]

I’m sorry I think your bar is just too high.  Who even knows how many kids at JR or Walls applied to CalTech?  Lots of kids from those schools study engineering or math at Cornell, Princeton, UMichigan, Carnegie Mellon, UVA, UPenn, UC schools, etc.  [/quote]

I agree with you…I would be shocked if 20 kids in all of DC across every school even applied.

This was all in response to PP that said McKinley kids should get accepted to Caltech when the entire school only has 245 kids in each class.[/quote]

It’s not about Caltech specifically, but if it actually is a real STEM school yes, I would expect that a few kids every year are getting admitted to top STEM programs. [/quote]

What are other top programs?[/quote]

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