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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard from my kid that results are so bad this year at our (Big3) school that the college counseling office is now telling kids 
to either take a gap year OR matriculate at a lower tier school and "try again next year".

Have you heard this? It is worrisome or typical advice?[/quote]

If I spent 200k on a high school and that was the outcome, I'd want a refund [/quote]
 Hmmm. So it is the school's job to place your child in their dream school for college, or the experience wasn't worth anything? I disagree completely. I have a child at NCS/STA and I know my child will be beyond well prepared for college. They will start to visit schools next year or this summer and we will look at many different sorts of schools, not just those everyone else will apply to. If they are applying to "lower tier" schools they will be schools that are great fits with excellent programs that fit my child's personal goals and interests. Then no matter which application leads to an acceptance letter things will be okay. Will the option to transfer if need be be open, of course. A gap year, yes if there is a solid plan to make it worthwhile. But to say that four years of solid curriculum, athletics, arts and hard studying which led to great amounts of learning are meaningless if they don't get into Yale,etc? Well that, madam, is ridiculous and beside to point.

I feel bad for kids who aren't counseled to only to apply to schools they are excited to go to (in a variety of acceptance ranges). They can be found.[/quote]

Maybe folks can perhaps explain the dichotomy between selecting a top private school for HS, but then in the same breath justifying a "lower tier" college.

There are tons of private schools in the DC area, and yet STA/NCS, Sidwell & (what is #3...GDS?  Potomac?) are the equivalent of HYP in terms of how they are viewed on DCUM.

It just doesn't make a ton of sense that parents specifically sought out the HYP of private DC schools, and then claim it had nothing to do with where they went to college.  It just feels like parents are trying to rationalize their kids' college results coming in below expectations based on attending the HYP or private DC schools.[/quote]

Well, for one....my DC was not interested in applying to HYP.  So there's that.[/quote]

Great non-answer...any other useless commentary to add?[/quote]

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