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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Highest predictor of academic success is education level of mother. That's why J-R is called "Yale or Jail." Parents who can supplement - supplement from an early age with weekend language classes, tutors, summer camps, internships. Those kids are prepared for college and would be prepared anywhere. [/quote]

I work in college admissions, have a kid at J-R and don't think it's quite that simple. Yes, the "Yale" or "Jail" phenomenon is real.  [b]But there's a good-sized group of bright but not terribly motivated potential "Yale" students in the ES feeders and Deal who would do better in better-run and more demanding schools than DCPS, schools that would have pushed them harder from the upper ES grades.[/b] UMC parents can't always compensate for what schools aren't doing by supplementing extensively.  All of these parents aren't going to find the time, resources, stamina or working relationship with a child to get and stay on track for "Yale" from DCPS.  My do-the-minimum older kid wouldn't have worked hard at Deal or J-R (so attended parochial schools after ES), while my younger one has thrived in DCPS as a pre-teen and teen.[/quote]

I went to a W school and this contingent was definitely present. There are many kids who don't excel at these schools but their parents have the resources to create a soft landing (i.e., mom's basement rather than jail). [/quote]

There’s actually a thread on the college board today, called “Colleges where a boy rebuilds love for learning?” about a high-stats kid “demoralized” by his time at a W high school. Moving to the suburbs is the right move for some families, but the wrong move for others, because no high school works for everyone.[/quote]

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