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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re a Banneker family. If you go to school events there is a whole lot of emphasis on getting into college and this annoying celebration of scholarships awarded which makes little sense when (1) you start to see university scholarships as discounts rather than cash and (2) realize you can only send your kid to one university at a time.

They have an emphasis on “everybody getting into (and presumably going to) college.” I think that this is a great aspiration for a school where every student has demonstrated an interest in working hard regardless of academic ability.

We’re a Banneker family. If you go to school events there is a whole lot of emphasis on getting into college and this annoying celebration of scholarships awarded which makes little sense when (1) you start to see university scholarships as discounts rather than cash and (2) realize you can only send your kid to one university at a time.

One of the ways they meet this aspiration is by sending kids to HBCUs. These are also great for the affinities of many students and in many ways the affinities of Banneker itself (it feels like a little HBCU almost). If you see the requirements for these schools and their SAT averages, they are not very demanding.

Alabama A&M requires an 1130 for their HONORS program and a 990 for regular admission. Coppin State’s average is 950. “Top” HBCUs don’t have much higher requirements. Spelman has a 1200 SAT average, Morehouse, 1060. These universities want students from schools with cultures like Banneker, and recent news has shown smaller HBCUs are looking for students where they can get them. When these are the requirements, students have little incentive to try to score higher.

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Not sure what the issue is then? A 1200 SAT is the top 25%. That’s more than enough for basic college work and to do any number of professions. I think we get a little distracted by all the talk of kids with 4.5 GPAs and 1600 SATs. Top 25% encompasses a lot of ability and more importantly a lot of individual characteristics that can lead to success. [/quote]

I think the point is that Walls kids and Banneker kids are different (some of them). 1200 is just fine, as you say. But there are a set of colleges that you can only access with 1500+ scores, and I'm sure some Walls kids are aiming for those. [/quote]

And I’m sure that some Banneker students are aiming for – and getting into – such schools as well.

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You are sure how?[/quote]

Banneker uses Naviance, you know. [/quote]

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