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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SWW has better academics than Wilson.

SWW also has better college admissions than Wilson per capita (Wilson is four times bigger than SWW).

Everybody knows that, and that’s why send our kids to SWW.

Want proof?  Here you go:

USN&W ranks SWW #2 in the DC area, right beyond TJ (which some consider the best high school in the country; TJ has far better college admissions than any other high school in the area, including Top 3 privates).

Wilson ranks #73.

[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/rankings/washington-dc-47900[/url]
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Truly the dumbest post I've ever seen.

Walls has a self-selected group of kids, combined with a screening from DCPS.  Wilson has none of those things and is more reflective of a larger swath of kids in DC.  Those rankings are based on academic performance...if you only looked at the academic performance of the subset of Wilson students who looked like Walls kids, I'm guessing their academic achievement would be similar.

It's like if you ranked how good a hospital based on mortality rates...low and behold, the hospitals serving the healthiest populations would rank highest but it would not necessarily reflect the quality of care.[/quote]

Not PP but this is really the most idiotic response to a post I have seen on DCUM.  Are you a Wilson parent?

Previous posters suggested that Wilson and Walls were equally good or Wilson was better, and parents just picked one or the other because of “fit.”  In response, PP pointed out that Walls has better academics, better college placement, and a much higher ranking.  Your response is that Walls attracts a higher caliber of student.  That means you AGREE with PP.

And then you make an analogy to hospitals.  Why don’t we run with that analogy.  Let’s say you have a terrible disease.  Would you choose a hospital with better doctors, better treatment, and a higher ranking than one with worse doctors, worse treatment, and a lower ranking?  I suspect that you might pick the first one.
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