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Anonymous wrote:I am a private college counselor serving kids in the DMV and in my experience there is no difference between Walls and J-R in terms of admissions patterns for similar kids. I also counsel families about the high school decision and always stress this- college admissions is not a factor that should weigh in.

This sounds about right. You should pick JR or Walls based on which school best suits your kid.
They are very different experiences. Kids from both schools go to the same range of colleges and universities.
I believe college admissions offices look at these schools similarly.

And yes, pick the best high school for your child based on their temperament and aptitude. Don’t get caught up in the college admissions race

But how do you begin to choose between Walls and J-R? For us, it’s a metro to Walls vs a long walk to J-R, but my daughter is quiet and wondering if she’d do better in a smaller setting. More STEM focused, but that could change.

I have a junior at walls
When we went to the open house when he was in 8th grade, we thought the science teacher they had representing the school was not inspiring. Actual experience has aligned with the open house.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally know of several Ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia) and an Amherst.

Athletes ? URM? Unhooked?

Nope just smart hardworking lovely kids.

Princeton and Amherst kids are long term (since middle school) national-level debaters--like among the top 20 high school debaters in the US. Harvard is the editor of the school paper.
Cornell is a mix of athletic recruits and some non-recruits. There is a Columbia football recruit but I'm not sure who this is being referred to.
They're all kids with top academics who also excel in some outlying way (the norm for Ivy admits).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a private college counselor serving kids in the DMV and in my experience there is no difference between Walls and J-R in terms of admissions patterns for similar kids. I also counsel families about the high school decision and always stress this- college admissions is not a factor that should weigh in.

This sounds about right. You should pick JR or Walls based on which school best suits your kid.
They are very different experiences. Kids from both schools go to the same range of colleges and universities.
I believe college admissions offices look at these schools similarly.

And yes, pick the best high school for your child based on their temperament and aptitude. Don’t get caught up in the college admissions race

But how do you begin to choose between Walls and J-R? For us, it’s a metro to Walls vs a long walk to J-R, but my daughter is quiet and wondering if she’d do better in a smaller setting. More STEM focused, but that could change.

Did your daughter do a shadow day at Walls? My son is a senior at Walls but we were in the same boat as you 4 years ago.
He came home from the shadow day and said he was going to Walls and fortunately it has worked out great.
The no fights and no classroom behavior issues has been nice. He has a bunch of really nice friends. He never did any of the GW classes but it is a good option for many kids. His counselor has been great. Assuming you are in the JR boundary, I would encourage my kid to try Walls because you can always switch back to JR in 10th grade.

What is "unhooked"?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally know of several Ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia) and an Amherst.

Athletes ? URM? Unhooked?

Nope just smart hardworking lovely kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a private college counselor serving kids in the DMV and in my experience there is no difference between Walls and J-R in terms of admissions patterns for similar kids. I also counsel families about the high school decision and always stress this- college admissions is not a factor that should weigh in.

This sounds about right. You should pick JR or Walls based on which school best suits your kid.
They are very different experiences. Kids from both schools go to the same range of colleges and universities.
I believe college admissions offices look at these schools similarly.

And yes, pick the best high school for your child based on their temperament and aptitude. Don’t get caught up in the college admissions race

But how do you begin to choose between Walls and J-R? For us, it’s a metro to Walls vs a long walk to J-R, but my daughter is quiet and wondering if she’d do better in a smaller setting. More STEM focused, but that could change.

Anonymous wrote:I personally know of several Ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia) and an Amherst.

Athletes ? URM? Unhooked?

Anonymous wrote:I am a private college counselor serving kids in the DMV and in my experience there is no difference between Walls and J-R in terms of admissions patterns for similar kids. I also counsel families about the high school decision and always stress this- college admissions is not a factor that should weigh in.

This sounds about right. You should pick JR or Walls based on which school best suits your kid.
They are very different experiences. Kids from both schools go to the same range of colleges and universities.
I believe college admissions offices look at these schools similarly.

And yes, pick the best high school for your child based on their temperament and aptitude. Don’t get caught up in the college admissions race

I am a private college counselor serving kids in the DMV and in my experience there is no difference between Walls and J-R in terms of admissions patterns for similar kids. I also counsel families about the high school decision and always stress this- college admissions is not a factor that should weigh in.

Mixed results from what I have seen.
Not sure how the results compare to walls

The College application process is a private thing. Kids have til May 1 to commit and even then some may opt to try to get off waitlists. No one owes you any information. The kids who didn’t get into their top choices have to deal with their own disappointment and those who did may not immediately share. Just chill.

Colleges are preparing for the supreme court decision.
There is talk about them preparing this year in expectation of the decision so that they have an admissions team that is already in the new mindset.

I can’t speak for everyone but in my daughters friend group the majority got into their top choices. Instagram page has some decisions but many kids don’t post there. I wish the school would post so we can see the full picture but from what I’m hearing families are pretty happy. Apparently it’s not the same many other area privates and specially for the unhooked kids. It’s almost like public schools are becoming a hook.

I personally know of several Ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia) and an Amherst.

A lot of talk at walls. Seems like they usually have similar outcomes.