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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is pretty shocking to see the SWW hate here. The school has crappy facilities, [b]the students aren’t coddled[/b], and the school still must contend with DCPS bureaucracy. And lots of their families there can’t afford to go to the schools you drool over, even though their kids get in. If kids can navigate all that and still end up at Cornell or Yale, good for them! Even more impressive are the kids who got full rides or massive amounts of merit aid to highly regarded schools. Walls is a rare DCPS success story. Anyone who pays taxes in the city should celebrate this.[/quote]

That's the major difference and the story doesn't fit the narrative. I really wish SWW did some coddling. It's almost like Lord of the Flies :-) They have been sending kids to top schools for years. So this is nothing new. Colleges know exactly what SWW produces so they must like the product. [/quote]

Let’s see if colleges continue to like the grade-inflated Walls product.  Seven admits to Ivy/Ivy equivalent colleges (out of 150-160 students) isn’t an impressive result—especially for an academic magnet school.[/quote]

Tis..Tis...Ivy or no Ivy is not goal for the majority and that's a fact. Significant merit based aid is what a lot of families look hope for. The SWW kids are getting a lot of merit based aid. No one knows how many kids got admitted to which schools. People just know what's made public. [/quote]

Yes, I understand that Walls’ student body, on average, is far less wealthy than the families of top DC private school students.  I also know that (officially) Ivies only offer need-based aid.  The statement still stands.  Are graduates with grade-inflated transcripts (at Walls, JR, any public school) being set up for failure when they’re admitted to highly selective colleges?  They will be competing with students who are much better prepared, and that can have a huge negative effect.  [/quote]

:roll: Yes I am sure the grads from the selective public magnet in a highly educated city are STRUGGLING in college. Come on. Your sour grapes are interfering with your thought process. [/quote]

My daughter from BCC to HYP has no struggle. Her HYP from Walls, also at Yale no struggle. (not id because it's her private biz)  What is the matter with you all thinking public kids are struggling compared to private? I know two private kids in therapy right now dealing with stress. The parents are causing it and should probably go.[/quote]

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