Anonymous wrote:I thought from the title OP was asking a question. The selective/academic HS that is not especially difficult to get into is McKinley Tech.

Why do you say that? It's true that the test scores aren't great, but that reflects the applicant pool, it doesn't mean it's easy to get into.

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Anonymous wrote:Walls, for best or worse, is the school of rich and middle class legacy kids. The kids succeed because of their family structure.

Rich?


No

+1. This is laughable. The rich families never even had their kids in DCPS or got out after elementary.

Depends on your lens.
Sorry pumpkin but if your HHI is 250k+ and you have 600k in equity on your home that your parents helped with the down-payment for, you are rich by all my factors.

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Anonymous wrote:Walls, for best or worse, is the school of rich and middle class legacy kids. The kids succeed because of their family structure.

Rich?


No

+1. This is laughable. The rich families never even had their kids in DCPS or got out after elementary.

Anonymous wrote:Walls, for best or worse, is the school of rich and middle class legacy kids. The kids succeed because of their family structure.

Rich?


No

Walls, for best or worse, is the school of rich and middle class legacy kids. The kids succeed because of their family structure.

I thought from the title OP was asking a question. The selective/academic HS that is not especially difficult to get into is McKinley Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

So what if it is? Ellington's academics are not strong enough for a top student and the location is hard for many. McKinley Tech's stats aren't that impressive for a selective school.

This. Reality there are not 4 great selective HS. Walls is the best one and is mediocre at best.

It’s terrible how families in DC are content and accept such low standards.

Correction: Walls is the most selective school. That doesn't make it the best.

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Anonymous wrote:“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

So what if it is? Ellington's academics are not strong enough for a top student and the location is hard for many. McKinley Tech's stats aren't that impressive for a selective school.

This. Reality there are not 4 great selective HS. Walls is the best one and is mediocre at best.

It’s terrible how families in DC are content and accept such low standards.

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Anonymous wrote:“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

So what if it is? Ellington's academics are not strong enough for a top student and the location is hard for many. McKinley Tech's stats aren't that impressive for a selective school.

+1

I think you need to take Ellington out of thr list because it’s an arts school. I wouldn’t say it’s equivalent to Banneker or Walls because it is very focused on the disciplines.

Anonymous wrote:“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

So what if it is? Ellington's academics are not strong enough for a top student and the location is hard for many. McKinley Tech's stats aren't that impressive for a selective school.

Anonymous wrote:“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

No, it's not a near guarantee. I know solid students who have been shut out. I don't know what makes you think you have the data to make these assertions.

“Unpredictable” only matters if it’s also difficult. If it’s somewhat unpredictable which of the four major application schools a kid will match with, but it’s a near-guarantee that a college-bound student will match with one, that’s really not a big deal.

+1. What an ridiculous post.

You've really misunderstood here. It's not because it's impossible for a decent student. It's because it's unpredictable and not very transparent.

From everything I read on this forum, I thought the chances of DS getting into his top school was slim. He got in and virtually everyone in his 8th grade class got into one of the application HS. Maybe not everyone got into their first choice but they got into one of their top 3. Stop stressing people out by making it sound like it’s impossible to get into these schools.