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[quote=Anonymous]The bottom line is that you have to be a top test taker to get this in DC. What happens to DC's top test takers who live IB for Wilson? They get the top scores on the Walls test and on the SSAT, so they get offers from Walls and multiple private schools, some of which will give that kid significant aid to attend a great private school. Whichever school that kid chooses will likely get to claim a NMSF, not because they taught that kid something extra special, but because they attracted the top handful of test takers.

So the better question vis a vis Wilson, is why are the handful of top test takers who live IB for Wilson (maybe 10 out of the 54??) not choosing Wilson over Walls or DC privates like Sidwell/GDS/STA/NCS/SAAS? And that is a somewhat silly question. Many of this small group of kids have a hard time making that choice, but at the end of 8th grade they know that have this one shot at something different, and if they don't like it they can always go back to Wilson.[/quote]

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