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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ NP. I am guessing that the Big 3 kids in your classes were not the ones in the top of the class at their Big 3s, but the W kids were probably at the top of class or closer to it.  So you are not comparing the same tier of kids.  I have kids who have attended public and Big 3, and am very confident that the top 50% at the Big 3 are at least as strong academically as the top 15-20% at a W school (and we are in a W district).[/quote]

I doubt it. I don't want to out myself on this board, but there's no way a student not in the top of their class got into the school I teach at. We live in the DC area, I "super commute" when I am teaching in person bc my spouse works in this area. My kids go to a Big 3 but I'm thinking strongly of pulling them before MS.

It's not at all fabrication, but you believe what you want.[/quote]

So let’s assume this is true. How many students from four high schools in DC are going to this school each year from the “top of the class”?  Those kids are going to HYPS or equivalent. Maybe 10-15?  How many of those kids are taking classes from this one professor?   The odds strains credulity that this “professor” has seen more than a handful of students who self identified their high school as well.

New poster, and I know who you are (though I do think youve changed a detail or two but I’m not sure).  My experience is different from yours, and I have also had good reason to have close contact and assessment of the essentially same type of comparators.  I would never assume my experience, though, spoke to a wider whole.  And really, these kids are all terrific students, and will all have wonderful opportunities to do what they want in life.  
And if the kids are still young enough to not be in MS yet, let’s think about how long this person has realistically been teaching as a professor.

Nice try though. [/quote]

I had 3 NCS girls and a Whitman student in my core (ie. prereq) class this fall, along with a couple students from Silver Spring area HSs, and I do teach at a HYPS. I sit on several scholarship and awards committees for the undergrads, so also see their CVs and transcripts. You're making a lot of incorrect assumptions.

I was worried I'd shared too much and potentially outed myself, so I'm somewhat relieved (and amused) none of you seem to believe me. Thanks for reminding me why I rarely spend time on this board![/quote][/quote]

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