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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t choose this for my DC either (a rising 8th grader). But as we look at the college matriculations, I’m wondering how to factor this program in…[b]are a high percentage of the kids who are off to T25 colleges the ones who spent the last 2 years at GW?[/b][/quote]

yes. And many T25 are "hooked" applicants--i.e. they are legacy kids, URM, FGLI (first gen, low income). The number of white or Asian, non-legacy matriculations to top schools is quite small.[/quote]

For clarity: this is true for every high school in the DMV, not just for Walls. [/quote]

yes, absolutely. I pointed it out because I think within the upper middle class parents in DCPS, the perception is that simply attending an urban, poorly performing school district will give their high-performing kid a bump into the Ivies or similar.

The reality is that many of the kids getting in to the Ivies or top 20s from Walls or JR are legacies, FGLI, etc.  The same as everywhere.  The Walls population has a lot of "hooked kids" among the high performers---the kids of highly educated DC professionals (who get in on a legacy bump) and the kids of the poor and underprivileged (FGLI).  If your kid is neither then the Walls Ivy (and Ivy plus) admissions are probably irrelevant.[/quote]

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