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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard. [/quote]

I seriously doubt this.[/quote]

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard.  Also Pomona.[/quote]

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.[/quote]

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.[/quote]

Google is your friend.[/quote]

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking? [/quote]

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances.  They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data?  Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673[/url]
[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838[/url]

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless.  Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.[/quote]

Nailed it!  Thank you![/quote]

But no one is saying that it is an academic powerhouse. It is a wonderful, warm, nurturing school with exceptional teachers and administration that offers an engaging and interesting classical curriculum and helps kids find colleges that work for them on several different levels. There are some kids there who will end up at Ivies and others who will end up at HBCUs and others who will end up at small colleges and others who will end up a community colleges or UDC. What Latin does best is make students better thinkers and better human beings. They are not trying to be an academic powerhouse or only send kids to Ivies. Again, DON'T APPLY if you don't like it based on their list of college acceptances. You clearly don't want to listen to Latin parents about how amazing the school is. And to the poster who said that CH families that are double Ivies are expecting their kids to go to Ivies - good luck with that! No matter where you go to high school getting into an Ivy these days is a crapshoot for everyone.[/quote]

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