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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McKinley, give us a break. Lame AP and SAT results, not diverse, heavy on social promotion.  Not a complete bust but close.[/quote]

McKinley gets kids into MIT and JHU. I know a Dartmouth grad from there. Can't be that "lame".[/quote]

Only 22% of McKinley students have passed a single AP exam but sure they are sending lots of kids to MIT….[/quote]

Yes, and passing or 3 is not great.  Better to get a 4 or 5.

What is the bigger issue is that these outliers 1 or 2 kids are not going to be equipped for the higher level playing field at competitve colleges. I suspect the McKinley kids are going to struggle in this environment.[/quote]

Let’s be clear—this isn’t some blanket endorsement of McKinley Tech as an institution. But the idea that the few students who do get into top-tier colleges are destined to flounder is narrow-minded and illogical. Competitive admissions teams aren’t in the business of setting students up to fail; they admit kids because they’ve seen the potential for success. Yes, the transition might be challenging, but these schools don’t admit students as charity cases—they admit them because they believe they’ll ultimately thrive.

Frankly, implying otherwise comes off as more condescending toward those students than insightful about their actual prospects.

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No one said they are going to fail but the reality is that many kids in DC takes 4 or 5 years to even get a degree.  Many others also just fail out or never finish and end up in major debt.  That is just for your average college.  It is not even for the top ones where the study body is much higher performing and coming from much more rigorous schools.  These kids will struggle no matter how much summer programming there school offers or remedial classes or mentors they have.  It is a fact.  Some will get a degree and others might not.

Have you even talked to a high school teacher in one of these schools?  Ask them.

Sure, maybe some kids have potential and no one is saying to set them up to fail.  But not acknowledging that there is a big struggle and how poorly DCPS sets these kids up for college is not helping anyone.  It is not condescending but reality.  [/quote]

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