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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article shows why Jackson-Reed HS bats way above its weight class when it comes to elite college admissions.

J-R kids getting a high SAT (1450+) when the school average is closer to 1000 and even worse for DCPS overall are sought after by schools like Dartmouth. Now combine that with some very DC-specific opportunities for interning, leadership, etc and you have a very compelling applicant. [/quote]

Right,  the white upper middle class kids get a major admissions bump.  but many of them struggle when they're in college.  I know a few (a relative and the kid if a good friend)  they are both floundering.  Others do fine and even great.  But 4 years of crap for high school doesn't work for all kids.[/quote]

Many do not struggle (somehow just mine and the 10 kids my kid knows are doing very well at college, with my own at a Top 5).  Just apparently the two you purport to know.  You also seem to now have your own research which refutes the entire thesis of this post...that kids with high SAT scores in fact don't do well in college.

Me thinks your kid was rejected from a top school and you are bitter.[/quote]

DP 
public school booster mom:
Methinks your kid did tons of enrichment activities, attended summer camps, traveled, read independently, had test prep + writing tutors, college admissions counseling (applied ED, too), & most importantly, has full-pay parents…

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Uh...no enrichment activities (are the clubs at school with leadership enrichment activities?), no summer camps (other than actually working at a STEM camp)...I don't understand traveling...did some test prep...absolutely no writing tutors (what's the point? for a STEM major)...no college admissions counseling...yes ED, so full pay.

But what is your point?  PP was saying JR kids struggle at college, so I guess you are trying to imply we spent thousands on outside resources?  Absolutely not the case, and usually not the case for any of the top JR kids.[/quote]

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