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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet the public school applicants will continue to trend down, especially at the elite, $55k schools.

[b]The word is increasingly out that college admissions for a smart but unhooked kid are better from DCPS than they are for the same kid at Sidwell, NCS, etc. [/b] [b]Plus you have to work your a$$ off through all of high school at these privates. [/b] I had kids come from DCPS and this is definitely what people are talking about and coming to realize in mass.  These are close communities, neighborhoods and communities--word travels.

STJ is sort of it's own animal--it will always get a bunch of families who are skittish about Jackson Reed and figure that paying under $23k for the guarantee of order in the classroom is worth it.  Interestingly, some of these kids end up transferring out to JR later in high school. [/quote]

LOL, so you really think a college is going to have preference for a public school kid who coasted through HS vs a private school kid who "works his a$$ off through all of high school."  Colleges know that kids coming out of schools like Sidwell are significantly more prepared for the rigors of college.  Sorry, but your your statement is not very convincing at all.[/quote]

yes.  if you don't believe this then you have your head in the sand. Colleges LOVE kids from Walls and Jackson Reed.  They love them.  It is far, far easier to get in unhooked to top 50 colleges from Jackson Reed or Walls in 2023 than from NCS or Sidwell.  If you don't believe this, go talk to the parent of a senior at your Big3.  Go talk to college counseling.  
I wish this wasn't the case. My kids left DCPS for Big3 schools.  They're now learning twice as much and they are doing well.  But I know 100% that they would have gone to better colleges out of DCPS.  We're applying to colleges now.  Their friends who were mediocre students in middle school and barely studied in high school have better college options and are getting into better schools.  
I agree this seems unjust (shouldn't the kids who are better prepared be more prized by colleges?) but it is reality.  :(
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That wasn't our experience in our non big 3 HS.  The smart kids will do well and that doesn't necessarily mean an ivy league school.  Honestly, my very high stats kid with a 1580 SAT and 4.3 GPA who already graduated didn't even want to apply to any ivies.   We toured Yale and he was underwhelmed.  He ended up at his top 20 dream school and is thriving.[b]  I did the calculations of admits vs applications for his university out of our zoned public HS (a "W" school), and the results were abysmal.[/b]  Acceptance rate that was about a third of the universal acceptance rate (about 6% vs 15%).[/quote]

So you made up data? [/quote]

Nope. https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/
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"The information that the schools sent is self-reported by students" [/quote]

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