Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:37     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
OP, may we ask where you were getting your information about Wilson before this thread?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:26     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:Ok so anyone here switch from private to Wilson? Thoughts? Feeling like private is a bit over rated right now. I have three kids and its a hefty price tag. Would love to stay home but can t because of that private school tuition. Since I'm from Dc and know what DC public school were like in the 80's it's very hard for me to shake that idea. Thanks!


I'm assuming you didn't attend Wilson in the 80s. I have many friends that are successful attorneys, professors, doctors, etc that graduated from Wilson in late 80s/early 90s. A lot that went Ivy.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:22     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:The Yale part is more true than the jail part.

This is for the class of 2016: http://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2011/4/15/39942607/Wilsonprofile2016-17webreduced.pdf

Mind you, this is where they actually went. Kids get into schools hoping for financial aid packages that may not work out, or they get a full ride to a less prestigious school and take it (smart move).


67 seniors with straight As? Jesus.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:20     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Yale part is more true than the jail part.

This is for the class of 2016: http://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2011/4/15/39942607/Wilsonprofile2016-17webreduced.pdf

Mind you, this is where they actually went. Kids get into schools hoping for financial aid packages that may not work out, or they get a full ride to a less prestigious school and take it (smart move).


Thanks for including this link (we are IB for Wilson, but with an early elementary kid). Anyone know the graduation rate at Wilson?


Sorry, hit submit too soon. Also the % who went to a 4-year college?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:19     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:The Yale part is more true than the jail part.

This is for the class of 2016: http://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2011/4/15/39942607/Wilsonprofile2016-17webreduced.pdf

Mind you, this is where they actually went. Kids get into schools hoping for financial aid packages that may not work out, or they get a full ride to a less prestigious school and take it (smart move).


Thanks for including this link (we are IB for Wilson, but with an early elementary kid). Anyone know the graduation rate at Wilson?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 23:14     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:Ok so anyone here switch from private to Wilson? Thoughts? Feeling like private is a bit over rated right now. I have three kids and its a hefty price tag. Would love to stay home but can t because of that private school tuition. Since I'm from Dc and know what DC public school were like in the 80's it's very hard for me to shake that idea. Thanks!


Go visit, follow The Beacon, watch the web site, attend a performance. The 80s were decades ago!
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:56     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Ok so anyone here switch from private to Wilson? Thoughts? Feeling like private is a bit over rated right now. I have three kids and its a hefty price tag. Would love to stay home but can t because of that private school tuition. Since I'm from Dc and know what DC public school were like in the 80's it's very hard for me to shake that idea. Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:32     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow! My kids are at a DC private. perhaps I should consider Wilson for high school. Serious question, are rich white kids discriminated against at Wilson? I'm not a troll this a legitimate question. I realize that Wilson has all sorts of kids from all sorts of backgrounds but it is predominately AA and just as an AA family would understandably worry about their child being discriminated against I have the same worry about my anglo kid.


Discriminated against by the teachers/admin?


Actually they have an advantage when it comes to being in the best classes with the best teachers.
One of the counselors LOVES White students, especially male students.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:25     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Ugh interesting. Thanks for the info. Have you all been happy at Wilson?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:15     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:Wow! My kids are at a DC private. perhaps I should consider Wilson for high school. Serious question, are rich white kids discriminated against at Wilson? I'm not a troll this a legitimate question. I realize that Wilson has all sorts of kids from all sorts of backgrounds but it is predominately AA and just as an AA family would understandably worry about their child being discriminated against I have the same worry about my anglo kid.


You are mistaken. It is 39% black. No single race is predominant.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:13     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Anonymous wrote:Wow! My kids are at a DC private. perhaps I should consider Wilson for high school. Serious question, are rich white kids discriminated against at Wilson? I'm not a troll this a legitimate question. I realize that Wilson has all sorts of kids from all sorts of backgrounds but it is predominately AA and just as an AA family would understandably worry about their child being discriminated against I have the same worry about my anglo kid.


Discriminated against by the teachers/admin?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:11     Subject: Re:Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Wow! My kids are at a DC private. perhaps I should consider Wilson for high school. Serious question, are rich white kids discriminated against at Wilson? I'm not a troll this a legitimate question. I realize that Wilson has all sorts of kids from all sorts of backgrounds but it is predominately AA and just as an AA family would understandably worry about their child being discriminated against I have the same worry about my anglo kid.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 21:09     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
The Yale part is more true than the jail part.

This is for the class of 2016: http://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2011/4/15/39942607/Wilsonprofile2016-17webreduced.pdf

Mind you, this is where they actually went. Kids get into schools hoping for financial aid packages that may not work out, or they get a full ride to a less prestigious school and take it (smart move).
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 20:48     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
My senior's friends so far have been accepted into Yale, Brown, Cornell, Tulane, Middelbury, Temple, Pitt. Others didn't apply early.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2017 20:42     Subject: Is there a list of college acceptances for Wilson?
Just curious where the top decile (and/or quartile) ends up. Is it really Yale or jail?