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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rising 9th grader also marked "ineligible" at Banneker (but decent waitlist at Walls, go figure!) even though she has stellar grades and had a good interview and has a sibling at the top of her class at Banneker. Must have been a really competitive year. Congrats to everyone who got what they hoped for!  For those who didn't, hope your kids don't take it personally. The system is complete and total crapshoot even for the competitive schools. [/quote]

Interesting.  I have to say, I didn't think Banneker was all that tough of an admit.  I honestly thought they accepted nearly all their applicants and weren't like Walls.[/quote]

DCUM certainly pushes that narrative.[/quote]

I think it's harder than it used to be. My DD 7th is pining to go.[/quote]

I actually think it's just that people used to say whatever they wanted about Banneker with zero first-hand information and it was mostly informed by racism.  Now that the "DCUM" kind of people are priced out of privates and running out of spots at J-R and SWW, all of a sudden they're "taking a chance" on the school they considered themselves benevolent pioneers for even considering, only to find out . . . it's not a cakewalk just because it's full of black kids.[/quote]

DCUM kind of people would never be priced out of privates. The problem is people who don't belong on DCUM are now on here.[/quote]

omg what.

"people who don't belong" -- care to spell this out for us? race, class? Say what you mean (and take the consequences).[/quote]

The people who are now priced out of privates.[/quote]

I think the issue is that the privates simply have capped their growth. They don't want to get bigger; they can simply raise the price rather than add seats. I get it - they want a small, tight knit community feel. And the privates have more than enough people willing to pay, they turn away dozens of families each year who have the means.[/quote]

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