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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s amazing all the mental gymnastics on display here from the Wilson parents explaining away the Wilson college admissions.[/quote]

And I'm still not clear on what the snarky crowd thinks is wrong with Wilson admissions that should have all Wilson parents freaking out. A year without any top Ivies isn't a shock for a public high school that loses most of its best students to the nearby public application high school. Is it your position that there are exceptional students at Wilson who aren't getting in to HYPS-MIT and that it's the school's fault? Or that there are very good students ending up at not-very-good schools because they're getting bad advice at Wilson?[/quote]

And saying that most of the best upper NW students end up at Walls just further trashes Wilson students.  You're an asshole.[/quote]

OK, switch "most" to "a portion of" if the former is offensive to you. I still think the list the PP put up is not cause for panic. And I noticed you didn't answer my question about what you think is wrong with that list.[/quote]

DP:  As a parent with kids in a Wilson feeder elementary, I worry that Wilson kids of all academic levels are not able to access to best opportunities available to them.

It is very difficult to get any view as to how a HS does getting typical students into college.  It is much easier to see if any kids are getting into the most competitive colleges.  That statistic therefore serves as an imperfect proxy for assessing the overall performance of Wilson outplacement.

If Wilson lags MoCo schools or others, I don’t know what the cause is.  Are there no highly competitive students at Wilson?  (I doubt that’s the answer.)  Does Wilson have a bad rep with colleges?  Is the college counseling subpar?  Is Honors for All an obstacle?  Or is the overall education provided actually subpar?

I want my children to get a great education, and I want them to have great college opportunities that meet whatever their desires are at that time.

I don’t want to send my kids to Wilson if it will handicap them.  So that’s why this discussion interests me.[/quote]

This makes a lot of sense to me--thanks for such a thoughtful post PP. I'd be really curious to hear from parents or students who went through the process at Wilson--it feels like there's a lot of speculation on this thread. Are the families happy with the support they got? Are the top students thrilled to be headed to UVA and Hopkins? Or are there a lot of great students going to their safety schools because Wilson let them down somehow?[/quote]

Wilson parent here.  One kid now in college, the second on the way.  I'm really happy with their experience.  Was it always perfect? No.  They had some bad teachers, and the guidance counselors were stretched, and DCPS in general is kind of chaotic. But we had the resources to get them help when needed - we hired the occasional tutor, and an outside college counselor, and that allowed them to easily overcome barriers.  The upsides of Wilson?  A diverse and interesting study body, some great teachers, and a school that had activities and interested peers for everything my kids loved and wanted to do.  I am 100% confident that my kids would have been no more successful academically, or in gaining life skills, had they gone to school anywhere else.

PP who is worried about Wilson "handicapping" your kid: it will not.  But you should go talk to actual Wilson parents and students to learn about Wilson, not base your opinion on the rants of anonymous know-nothings on DCUM.[/quote]

How do we get in touch with current Wilson parents to talk to them? I'm the pp with the 8th grader in boundary for Wilson. Last year Wilson didn't even bother with a virtual open house even though others public schools offered it. I feel like I'm flying blind deciding Wilson or not.[/quote]

PP, take some initiative here.  Do you know people in your community?  Do you have a neighborhood email newsgroup?  Do you know families in your current school with older children that attend Wilson?  Are you capable of walking yourself over to Wilson and making an appointment with people?  Do the teachers at your current school have previous students who attended Wilson?

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