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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions is much more about a holistic body of work than which high school you attended.  In actuality, going to a lesser quality (or even gasp - traditional DCPS) and performing well may look better on your application.  We want kids that are motivated, involved in their community, and have other interests outside of education.  Your child must demonstrate a certain grasp of knowledge in their coursework; however, attending Basis or Latin makes no difference.

- signed former Admissions Officer at one of the referenced "snobby/elitist" schools [/quote]

So, let's say I am about to send my child to an IB, unimpressive high school. I want my child to get into a top tier college. What MUST he/she achieve for you not to throw his/her application into the trash can? What do you personally need to see to consider an application holistic? My tendency is to send me child somewhere where at least the environment facilitates academic excellence. To say sending a child to such a school "makes no difference..." are you saying parents are out of their minds to try so hard? I have a sister who went to an IB HS instead of a magnet school. She went to Stanford after that.Yes. But she was the ONLY kid in her school who went to an elite college, and only because she scored perfect on her SATs.  I, on the other hand, went to a school with a really good reputation. Most of my friends went on to elite colleges after that. So my sister and I are from the same gene pool. But I went to a school that launched more kids into better schools later on.

To sum it up... you REALLY mean it when you say it doesn't matter where they go to school??? [/quote]

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