Anonymous
Post 02/03/2015 21:12     Subject: For college acceptances, is it better to be top at good DC charter or not-top at W school?
Malcolm Gladwell touts the benefits of being a big fish in a small pond.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2015 21:10     Subject: Re:For college acceptances, is it better to be top at good DC charter or not-top at W school?
Being the big fish in a small pond probably gives you more leadership opportunities and better recommendations. But the top 10-20% of Whitman does very very well in college admissions and it's a great peer group. So it depends how you think he would stack up against the Whitman peer group.
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Post 02/03/2015 17:27     Subject: Re:For college acceptances, is it better to be top at good DC charter or not-top at W school?
Jury is still out on DC Charters. Too early to tell.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2015 16:37     Subject: For college acceptances, is it better to be top at good DC charter or not-top at W school?
DC is in MS at Washington Latin and doing well. We love Latin but are considering moving to Montgomery County, mainly because it would be a better commute, although there are other reasons as well, none of which have to do with the school. Looking ahead, is it better to go to a DC charter and do very very well, or go to a school like Whitman and do well but not extraordinarily well compared to everyone else? Of course each situation is different, but in general.