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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin isn't a private school; our tax dollars pay for it.  You move on if you want a pure, unadulterated booster thread lauding world-class middle and high school rigor at Latin.

Start your own thread, please. Suggestion - police your thread aggressively.[/quote]

Somehow when this poster sees someone say “we are very happy and satisfied with Latin and impressed by the teaching and learning we see there” , they believe it comes from a booster touting “world-class rigor”.  This person is not tethered to reality but is floating in their own world of disappointment and rancor. [/quote]

Trust me, we're hardly short on disappointment and rancor at Latin, at least at the bitter end.  I know many parents who assumed that their children would easily crack their alma maters, or schools of similar caliber.  [/quote]

I think the same could be said of Sidwell, though, too. College admissions have changed. [/quote]

I guess, but the schools aren't comparable.  More kids get into Ivies every year from Sidwell than the total admitted from Latin since that school was started.  Apples and oranges.[/quote]

There’s a big difference between the full-pay, legacy kids at Sidwell and the middle- and lower-income kids at Latin. It’s well known that you can get early decision admit at a top ivy if you’re full pay (this was my kid). But if you’re looking for a full financial ride, your choices are more limited. Harvard isn’t going to give full rides to every qualified low-income kid—they don’t have the class seats for that. [/quote]

Nope.  Yale, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, etc. have need-blind admissions.[/quote]

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