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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a completely new poster, but even after reading all of these posts (meaning, including the explanations as to why the college admissions process is so different than it was 25-30 years ago), I still think what OP is asking is a valid point.  Yes, admissions is different nowadays, much more "random" to some extent, and many colleges have risen in competitiveness to entry and quality of instruction/education (which is wonderful), but there are still kids who get into top 50 colleges, incl plenty from the public high schools in this area and I don't just mean Langley and Whitman.  [b]I think there are a number of reasons why Latin's list is not comparable (even on a relative basis since it is such a smaller school), many of which are cited on this thread, but many of which are not, and I think are the ones that possibly concern OP. [/b] I'm not going to speculate in specifics since I do think that Latin is a great high school with a great mission and hits an important niche in the DC system.[/quote]

Wow, this sounds ominous. The reasons can't even be mentioned?! :roll: [/quote]

Well, I'll bite, as a NP.

I personally wonder why more of the class didn't at least [b]get accepted[/b] into more competitive programs.  As lower-middle-class divorced woman, I don't need to be school on the price tag of Tufts vs.  U Md.-Baltimore.  I understand that one of those costs a fraction of the other.

But, why not apply and apply for scholarships from 3rd party foundations?   Esp. foundations that give out big checks to promising kids of color -- which describes a very large majority of Latin's Class of 2015.

Which brings me to  ... fully 1 in 4 Latin HS kids are poor.   I'd wager another 25% come from "not middle class" households.  Those families (and remember, I'm one of them) absolutely ARE eligible for grants and complete  tuition waivers at places like, say, Ivy league schools.  Williiams and Ponoma.   While it's true that a family of $175K HHI will need to cough up $35,000 a year for college, a family of $43,000 will not.  They'd get a free ride, IF they could get in.

So back to the original question:  why don't they apply?  Or do they, and they don't get in?

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