Reply to The Potomac School Matriculation

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "The Potomac School Matriculation"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mrs. degree[/quote]

To be accepted and graduate from these elite high schools is not exactly easy.  They kick out low performing kids who would otherwise be doing fine in public school.[/quote]
That's why the school achieves such high matriculation rates to top colleges. They cherry-pick most of their students to begin with. Taking high-testing students from mostly wealthy backgrounds and providing them with a decent education is a recipe for college admission success. Little Johnny heading to Harvard from Potomac would probably also get into Harvard from Yorktown or any other NOVA school.[/quote]

There is another dynamic at play in private schools. My child was offered nearly a free ride at a private school as a coach noticed that my child was doing exceptionally well in an academic EC. We still did not choose it as DC preferred a public magnet school and got accepted to 3 of the HYPSM. I was pretty ignorant of the college admissions process at that time, but I think it was likely they are offering free rides to a few students who are very likely to get T10 offers.[/quote]

I suspect that scholarship students and those receiving significant financial aid are often among the strongest academic performers at Potomac and other expensive private high schools. These students strategically chosen to enhance their academic statistics and rankings, similar to how they recruit talented athletes.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics