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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whitman grad whose kids are at Wilson. The fact that Wilson is more diverse in all ways and not 95%+ go to 5 year colleges are the main differences. The UMC parent pool and the kids are virtually interchangeable. 
Whitman college counselors are also a joke. That’s only a private school thing. Informed and driven parents guide the process with their kids too. [/quote]

The numbers in the college admissions don’t really support what you’re saying.  
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PP Whitman alum. I should note I did go to an Ivy. Don’t care in the least if my kids do. And when I was at Whitman I was one of 6 from my class at that Ivy. In the past decade, only about one kid per Whitman goes there each year. The world has changed. [/quote]

I’m the PP you’re responding to.  I know that the world has changed and the college admissions game is much different than when I went to school.  But still, nothing you’re saying has any bearing on the fact that Whitman’s college placement is far superior to Wilson’s, even when comparing UMC v. UMC students at both schools.
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I’d agree that’s true for the top 10% of admissions. About 30 kids per Whitman year go to the most elite schools vs maybe 5-10 at Wilson. But then similar it’s pretty the rest. So it depends how you’re looking at it. I reject the notion of “placement” by schools - that’s a sales pitch term privates use. It’s kids gaining admissions. Kids are applying and getting admitted. About 40-50% of kids at the MoCo schools and Wilson look functionally identical to college admissions offices.  Whitman and most MoCo “counseling” is basically one meeting with a counselor who says “apply to one or two reaches one or two safeties and others you feel are a good fit for you… and don’t forget to turn it in on time.”  It’s the parents and kids and families and some who want to spend money on college counselors who do the rest. Lots of kids who seem similar at Whitman and Wilson who ate generally “honors” kids aren’t getting into UMD these days. [/quote]

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