Anonymous
05/17/2023 17:08
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Right? We are planning for our 7th grader to apply to Prep next year. We know a few families there who speak so highly of the school and have been very happy. Somehow though, the school is not as favorably regarded on this forum … is there anything we are missing or need to know ?
I think a lot of the hate comes from it being so competitive to get in and you needs to have some hooks to get in - family ties, affluent family, star athlete, diverse, etc. And then with the family ties/affluent family types you get a lot of snobbish moms and dads so that just gives the school a bad look. BUT, you still have your normal families and good kids so it really is a perception that people have that is untrue.
They're just mad their kid got rejected
Anonymous
05/17/2023 17:07
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am actually quite shocked by this list and how the international students are dominating the elite school admissions. This tells me that any local student with no hooks is at an extreme disadvantage for college admissions. So glad I sent my son to Gonzaga.
The international (meaning, foreign National) students attending US boarding schools generally come from extremely wealthy families. A kid attending a state school in Slough, England isn’t dominating elite US university admissions.
I am specifically talking about the kids who are boarding at Prep, who are "international" in that their place of residence are in places like China. I think that was quite obvious. Bottom line, the regular local, non athlete, folk at Prep aren't doing so well in admissions.
They are not admitting the best and brightest from the k-8's so it's not surprising. They are admitting the middle of the road students.
That's blatantly false information
Anonymous
05/17/2023 17:04
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am actually quite shocked by this list and how the international students are dominating the elite school admissions. This tells me that any local student with no hooks is at an extreme disadvantage for college admissions. So glad I sent my son to Gonzaga.
The international (meaning, foreign National) students attending US boarding schools generally come from extremely wealthy families. A kid attending a state school in Slough, England isn’t dominating elite US university admissions.
I am specifically talking about the kids who are boarding at Prep, who are "international" in that their place of residence are in places like China. I think that was quite obvious. Bottom line, the regular local, non athlete, folk at Prep aren't doing so well in admissions.
They are not admitting the best and brightest from the k-8's so it's not surprising. They are admitting the middle of the road students.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 17:03
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Right? We are planning for our 7th grader to apply to Prep next year. We know a few families there who speak so highly of the school and have been very happy. Somehow though, the school is not as favorably regarded on this forum … is there anything we are missing or need to know ?
I think a lot of the hate comes from it being so competitive to get in and you needs to have some hooks to get in - family ties, affluent family, star athlete, diverse, etc. And then with the family ties/affluent family types you get a lot of snobbish moms and dads so that just gives the school a bad look. BUT, you still have your normal families and good kids so it really is a perception that people have that is untrue.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:43
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am actually quite shocked by this list and how the international students are dominating the elite school admissions. This tells me that any local student with no hooks is at an extreme disadvantage for college admissions. So glad I sent my son to Gonzaga.
The international (meaning, foreign National) students attending US boarding schools generally come from extremely wealthy families. A kid attending a state school in Slough, England isn’t dominating elite US university admissions.
I am specifically talking about the kids who are boarding at Prep, who are "international" in that their place of residence are in places like China. I think that was quite obvious. Bottom line, the regular local, non athlete, folk at Prep aren't doing so well in admissions.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:36
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:I am actually quite shocked by this list and how the international students are dominating the elite school admissions. This tells me that any local student with no hooks is at an extreme disadvantage for college admissions. So glad I sent my son to Gonzaga.
The international (meaning, foreign National) students attending US boarding schools generally come from extremely wealthy families. A kid attending a state school in Slough, England isn’t dominating elite US university admissions.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:34
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
I am actually quite shocked by this list and how the international students are dominating the elite school admissions. This tells me that any local student with no hooks is at an extreme disadvantage for college admissions. So glad I sent my son to Gonzaga.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:32
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Richard Montgomery HS is 5 minutes away and their students this year got into MIT, Harvard, Penn, Stanford, Duke et al yet again. RM is also $40,000 cheaper than Prep.
I would never send my kid to a 3000+ student, dangerous public high school where kids have to jump on each other like werewolves for basic opportunities.
Bwahahahaha.. such an ignorant post
Not ignorant. There have been incidents with firearms and rape in the bathroom. I don’t want my kid surrounded by gang members.
Of the literally hundreds of public high schools in the area - how can you possibly be so narrowminded and uninformed?
It's happening in ALL public schools...even the "good" ones.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:30
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Prep is being seriously shady with this because they conveniently don't mention that the Boston College and Princeton admits are athletic recruits.
Every other school does mention this on their student college Instagram accounts. Prep wants you to think that these kids got in on academics and not their skill with the lacrosse stick.
Why does that matter?? It still counts.
Right. I haven’t seen any other school identify recruited athletes, legacies or Diverse admits with asterisks on their matriculation lists.
It’s surprising to see how far the critics will go to devalue the achievements of other schools.
Actually Bullis indicated which students were admitted as athletic recruits. It was a pretty impressive and transparent list.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 16:04
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep’s college matriculation decisions posted: 💯👍
https://instagram.com/georgetownprep?igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg==
I dont think you know what WOW means.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 15:52
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Richard Montgomery HS is 5 minutes away and their students this year got into MIT, Harvard, Penn, Stanford, Duke et al yet again. RM is also $40,000 cheaper than Prep.
I would never send my kid to a 3000+ student, dangerous public high school where kids have to jump on each other like werewolves for basic opportunities.
Bwahahahaha.. such an ignorant post
Not ignorant. There have been incidents with firearms and rape in the bathroom. I don’t want my kid surrounded by gang members.
Of the literally hundreds of public high schools in the area - how can you possibly be so narrowminded and uninformed?
Anonymous
05/17/2023 15:51
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Note to self: Don't send kid to Gtown Prep - Aim higher
Anonymous
05/17/2023 15:51
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Right. I haven’t seen any other school identify recruited athletes, legacies or Diverse admits with asterisks on their matriculation lists.
It’s surprising to see how far the critics will go to devalue the achievements of other schools.
Many (most?) other insta accounts identify athletic recruits by listing the sport (like "swimming" or "lacrosse" under the college name. Check Whitman or Holton.
Again, the accounts are student-run.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 15:48
Subject: Re:Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Right. I haven’t seen any other school identify recruited athletes, legacies or Diverse admits with asterisks on their matriculation lists.
It’s surprising to see how far the critics will go to devalue the achievements of other schools.
Many (most?) other insta accounts identify athletic recruits by listing the sport (like "swimming" or "lacrosse" under the college name. Check Whitman or Holton.
Anonymous
05/17/2023 14:51
Subject: Georgetown Prep decisions posted (huge wow factors!)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:One note of nuance: Prep has a LOT of athletes interested in playing D1 in college. Some, like those mentioned above, end up in places like Hopkins, Princeton, and UVA. Those are exceptional kids going to exceptional schools. Other kids are very very focused on playing D1 and sports may play a more important role in their decision. So, while academically, they may be able to get into a stronger school, they would not have been able to play sports there. That affects the outcomes. Just something to consider.
Hopkins is D3, with the exception of their men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.
Yep, that's the program to which I was referring.