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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fine for UMC white families perhaps, but ambitious black families can’t risk it. [/quote]

if a white UMC kid graduates eastern, they will likely get into the college of their choice[/quote]

False. I wish people would stop saying this. [/quote]

Me too. I've never understood this thinking. It betrays a real lack of knowledge about college admissions.[/quote]

I think it is adjacent to the yucky grievance culture surrounding hypercompetitive college admissions in this area. “If we had sent Larlo to the IB HS in rural North Dakota he totally would have gotten into Yale. so unfair!”[/quote]

Absolutely. It stems from a sense of entitlement for their kids to spots at highly competitive schools and the disbelief that anyone else might actually *earn* those spots over their (often middle of the road, perfectly smart but not particularly standout) kids.

Regarding the actual thread topic, we are IB for Stuart-Hobson but giving E-H a look because it might be a better personality fit for our kid, who is on the quiet side. We know a bunch of kids at both schools and the ones at E-H seem more like our kid. It's also more convenient to our house, not sure if we have a proximity preference or not but it would be a mildly better commute for her.[/quote]

I think there's a bit of truth to the dynamics.  A bunch of these parents *were* the kids from rural Idaho or small town Mississippi or whatever who went to HYP.  It is harder for their kids to get in the same schools from DC. [/quote]

Yes but there is no reason for bitterness about it. If you were the kid from rural Idaho who got straight As and nailed the SAT despite being from a place that most people don't leave and where academics aren't necessarily a focus, then you were special in a way that a school like HYP likely recognized and rewarded.

If you then move to DC and give your child every advantage and start angling for their admission to an Ivy when they are in 5th grade, thinking you can recreate what made you special as an applicant by sending your kid to an inner city high school with very low test scores and a low college matriculation rate, HYP *should* see through that because it's just not the same thing at all.

Your kids have lived a different life than you did. They are different people. Maybe they should go to different schools. Maybe HYP wouldn't be a good fit even if they could get in. Maybe you should just make education decisions based on your kid and what makes sense for them and works for your family and not with an eye towards ensuring your kid can attend the same college you did.[/quote]

I don’t think anyone actually does this. It’s just stupid sh*t people say on DCUM. That said I think the converse is sort of true - if you have a truly brilliant and special and self motivated kid and a reason to stay in DC and they are happy at Eastern, then their trajectory is not going to be harmed in any way. I like many parents don’t have that kid, so have to make a more considered decision… [/quote]

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