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Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

…crickets…

I bit. This page https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/ shows acceptances (not matriculations, I know) for multiple (all?) MoCo high schools.

A very different ballpark.

Anonymous wrote:Whitman grad whose kids are at Wilson. The fact that Wilson is more diverse in all ways and not 95%+ go to 5 year colleges are the main differences. The UMC parent pool and the kids are virtually interchangeable.
Whitman college counselors are also a joke. That’s only a private school thing. Informed and driven parents guide the process with their kids too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

…crickets…

I bit. This page https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/ shows acceptances (not matriculations, I know) for multiple (all?) MoCo high schools.

A very different ballpark.

This article is for 202 graduates. Post is about 2021 graduates.

Yes, however, I expect the 2020 to 2020 comparison would be similar?

Someone suggested above that 2021 was tough for Wilson because of Covid. The Covid experience for MoCo schools was the same as DCPS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

…crickets…

I bit. This page https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/ shows acceptances (not matriculations, I know) for multiple (all?) MoCo high schools.

A very different ballpark.

This article is for 202 graduates. Post is about 2021 graduates.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

…crickets…

I bit. This page https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/ shows acceptances (not matriculations, I know) for multiple (all?) MoCo high schools.

A very different ballpark.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

…crickets…

Anonymous wrote:Go take a look at the list of college acceptances at Whitman and report back.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wilson had an off year last year. Why? Probably due coronavirus...maybe due to the stupidity of Honors for All? Maybe it just went that way. I wouldn't worry too much - a guy did a study for years comparing Wilson to privates and Wilson more then held his own. He tracked Lafayette Elementary school students.

Just Google and searched this site but couldn't find it. Anyone out there know what I'm talking about?

Here's thread with some discussion - https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/387903.page

The take away from that thread is what hurts Wilson kids is the amount of attention paid to struggling kids and the lack of counselors to motivate and guide the high achieving kids.

My advice -with a Sophmore and Junior is to talk to a college counselor during their freshman year. Insane, right? But, they will provided guidance on what your kid needs to do based on their scores/transcripts/goals. It gave me the motivation to fight hard for my kids to be put in the right AP Classes. Or rather the motivation to get my kids to do it - which they do. I figure they will be old pros at working the system by the time to get to college.

Agreed. Admissions for the class of 2021 were not great at all. The few Ivys were all legacy. I don't think there were any HYPS admits. The top unhooked academic kids all went to places like Wisconsin--good but not super selective. It was an off year for sure. Time will tell if it's an anomaly or a trend. Walls admissions for 2021 were much better for similar kids.

And why is HYPS the benchmark for you? Are you really that elitist? And I think there are plenty of Wisconsin grads who would beg to differ with your expert assessment. I’m guessing they also had way more fun in college than you did because you must not have had friends.

Anonymous wrote:Admission =\= matriculation.

The list is helpful but not definitive. I passed on a few ivy admissions for free college (2008 hs grad). 0 regrets. Likely the same reason I chose a strong public for my kids rather than go private.

Anonymous wrote:And Temple is public. I would be worried about the counseling office.

Anonymous wrote:Admission =\= matriculation.

The list is helpful but not definitive. I passed on a few ivy admissions for free college (2008 hs grad). 0 regrets. Likely the same reason I chose a strong public for my kids rather than go private.