Anonymous
11/28/2021 16:37
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Washington Latin has graduated 9 classes, this year will be its 10th: making a total of maybe 500 graduates in all? An open enrollment charter school in DC—no test-in, no zip code required. I feel these college acceptances and the millions of dollars in scholarships awarded are worth celebrating and an accomplishment worth supporting and expanding.
All I care about when I’m choosing a school is how my high HHI non-URM kids are going to do. The low test scores are worrisome. And I’m not going to be impressed by admission and scholarship numbers unless these are non-URM numbers. That’s just an unfortunate side effect of affirmative action (which I support, but which makes Latin’s data hard to interpret).
No one is trying to impress you, lady. They are answering questions. Since you like acronyms, I diagnose NPD from afar—here’s your checklist. But you seem to be functioning well despite this disorder, so do carry on. Perhaps elsewhere?
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and the severity of symptoms vary. People with the disorder can:
Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration
Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerate achievements and talents
Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people
Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior
Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations
Take advantage of others to get what they want
Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Be envious of others and believe others envy them
Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious
Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office
Well I guess it’s good that you’re not trying to impress me, because I’m not impressed.
Seems like a good option if you’re trying to escape Eastern, Dunbar or any number of terrible EOTP high schools, but if your kid can get into Walls, that’s clearly a better education.
Anonymous
11/28/2021 16:13
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Washington Latin has graduated 9 classes, this year will be its 10th: making a total of maybe 500 graduates in all? An open enrollment charter school in DC—no test-in, no zip code required. I feel these college acceptances and the millions of dollars in scholarships awarded are worth celebrating and an accomplishment worth supporting and expanding.
All I care about when I’m choosing a school is how my high HHI non-URM kids are going to do. The low test scores are worrisome. And I’m not going to be impressed by admission and scholarship numbers unless these are non-URM numbers. That’s just an unfortunate side effect of affirmative action (which I support, but which makes Latin’s data hard to interpret).
No one is trying to impress you, lady. They are answering questions. Since you like acronyms, I diagnose NPD from afar—here’s your checklist. But you seem to be functioning well despite this disorder, so do carry on. Perhaps elsewhere?
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and the severity of symptoms vary. People with the disorder can:
Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration
Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerate achievements and talents
Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people
Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior
Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations
Take advantage of others to get what they want
Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Be envious of others and believe others envy them
Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious
Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office
Anonymous
11/28/2021 13:49
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:Washington Latin has graduated 9 classes, this year will be its 10th: making a total of maybe 500 graduates in all? An open enrollment charter school in DC—no test-in, no zip code required. I feel these college acceptances and the millions of dollars in scholarships awarded are worth celebrating and an accomplishment worth supporting and expanding.
All I care about when I’m choosing a school is how my high HHI non-URM kids are going to do. The low test scores are worrisome. And I’m not going to be impressed by admission and scholarship numbers unless these are non-URM numbers. That’s just an unfortunate side effect of affirmative action (which I support, but which makes Latin’s data hard to interpret).
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:57
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:What are Latin's admissions actually like? I've seen BASIS (and Walls & Wilson) have admits to top schools, but haven't heard anything about Latin. If my kids want to go for a public "ivy" or a 4-10 SLAC, that's totally fine... but I want them to have at least a shot at HYPS if they want it.
The only HYPS I don’t see on these lists is Princeton. Is University of Chicago any good? There is a Latin alum there now. She had to choose between Yale and UChicago.
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:49
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Washington Latin has graduated 9 classes, this year will be its 10th: making a total of maybe 500 graduates in all? An open enrollment charter school in DC—no test-in, no zip code required. I feel these college acceptances and the millions of dollars in scholarships awarded are worth celebrating and an accomplishment worth supporting and expanding.
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:40
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
2017:
Students have received acceptances from a wide variety of institutions. They include Ivy League schools like Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale. They include selective private universities, such as Stanford and Georgetown and public universities like UC Berkeley, UVA and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. They include schools in the South like Morehouse, Spelman, Emory and Tulane, schools in the North like NYU and University of Vermont, schools in the Midwest like Case Western Reserve and University of Chicago and schools in the West like Pomona and Lewis & Clark. Two students were accepted at McGill University in Canada and one received a conditional acceptance to the University of Essex in the U.K. There have also been many acceptances to small liberal arts colleges like Smith, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Middlebury, Oberlin and my own beloved alma mater Haverford!"
Students have received acceptances from a wide variety of institutions. They include Ivy League schools like Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale. They include selective private universities, such as Stanford and Georgetown and public universities like UC Berkeley, UVA and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. They include schools in the South like Morehouse, Spelman, Emory and Tulane, schools in the North like NYU and University of Vermont, schools in the Midwest like Case Western Reserve and University of Chicago and schools in the West like Pomona and Lewis & Clark. Two students were accepted at McGill University in Canada and one received a conditional acceptance to the University of Essex in the U.K. There have also been many acceptances to small liberal arts colleges like Smith, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Middlebury, Oberlin and my own beloved alma mater Haverford!"
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:35
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
2020:
Scroll to the bottom,
College acceptances for 2020 listed
https://latinpcs.org/counseling-college-more/
Scroll to the bottom,
College acceptances for 2020 listed
https://latinpcs.org/counseling-college-more/
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:31
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
It’s a tradition to take this college t-shirt picture of the senior class. These aren’t admissions, they are where students have committed
2019: you’ll see Pomona, Harvard…
https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/66820569_2357090411003611_2941819552834519040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=dd9801&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=9-8MiraDD3AAX84YtUT&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=74c9987e3038c669244550359c2bfd1b&oe=61C8FC0A
2019: you’ll see Pomona, Harvard…
https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/66820569_2357090411003611_2941819552834519040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=dd9801&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=9-8MiraDD3AAX84YtUT&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=74c9987e3038c669244550359c2bfd1b&oe=61C8FC0A
Anonymous
11/28/2021 00:26
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
2018: a sampling
Bowdoin, The College of William and Mary, Davidson, Dickinson, Emory, Franklin & Marshall, Goucher, Haverford, Macalester, Middlebury, Morehouse, Oberlin, SUNY Purchase, Skidmore, Temple, The Ohio State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Temple, Tuskeegee University, University of Vermont, University of Virginia, and Yale.
Looking for other years, but you should also feel free to email the excellent college counseling department at Latin; I’m sure they have a list.
Bowdoin, The College of William and Mary, Davidson, Dickinson, Emory, Franklin & Marshall, Goucher, Haverford, Macalester, Middlebury, Morehouse, Oberlin, SUNY Purchase, Skidmore, Temple, The Ohio State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Temple, Tuskeegee University, University of Vermont, University of Virginia, and Yale.
Looking for other years, but you should also feel free to email the excellent college counseling department at Latin; I’m sure they have a list.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 21:55
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:What are Latin's admissions actually like? I've seen BASIS (and Walls & Wilson) have admits to top schools, but haven't heard anything about Latin. If my kids want to go for a public "ivy" or a 4-10 SLAC, that's totally fine... but I want them to have at least a shot at HYPS if they want it.
They don’t publish it … for a reason.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 20:44
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:What are Latin's admissions actually like? I've seen BASIS (and Walls & Wilson) have admits to top schools, but haven't heard anything about Latin. If my kids want to go for a public "ivy" or a 4-10 SLAC, that's totally fine... but I want them to have at least a shot at HYPS if they want it.
I suggest you search for the that recent question. Someone posted asking for Latin’s college admits and it did not go well for Latin.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 20:40
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
What are Latin's admissions actually like? I've seen BASIS (and Walls & Wilson) have admits to top schools, but haven't heard anything about Latin. If my kids want to go for a public "ivy" or a 4-10 SLAC, that's totally fine... but I want them to have at least a shot at HYPS if they want it.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 18:58
Subject: What do we think about Latin second campus
Latin is obviously a dystopian hellscape that will be a smoking ruin after the at risk preference kicks in. Nobody should apply next year.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 17:35
Subject: Re:What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Save us your paternalistic BS. Families of enrolled students mold a school culture.
The brightest kids at Latin just aren't challenged in the program as they would be in a suburban public GT program in this Metro area, not even close. The dirty little secret about Latin is that some of the families have always supplemented quite a bit. Latin families quietly pay for Johns Hopkins CTY (academic year program and/or summer programs), Mathnasium, language immersion camps and so forth. The kids involved have the ability and drive to learn far more than they're being taught, all the way from 5th to 12th.
Will correct you here as this is completely false in educational settings. If the particular students are molding school culture, it’s not being done well. School culture is intentional—created and maintained by the people in charge through their values and focus and communications. I’ve been involved in dozens of schools and have seen this in action ( and inaction ).
Don’t believe me? Here’s your lauded Harvard explaining it to you:
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/07/what-makes-good-school-culture
That's right, parents should just shut up and accept mediocre standards. Who are they to stand up for their kids and improving educational levels.
Educational standards, school culture, educational levels are all different things—and nothing about setting a school culture involves excluding parents; quite the opposite ( if you’d read the link ). But you are clearly exercised about some bee in your bonnet about substandard academics and aren’t in an absorbent mood. We can try another time.
Anonymous
11/27/2021 16:43
Subject: Re:What do we think about Latin second campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Save us your paternalistic BS. Families of enrolled students mold a school culture.
The brightest kids at Latin just aren't challenged in the program as they would be in a suburban public GT program in this Metro area, not even close. The dirty little secret about Latin is that some of the families have always supplemented quite a bit. Latin families quietly pay for Johns Hopkins CTY (academic year program and/or summer programs), Mathnasium, language immersion camps and so forth. The kids involved have the ability and drive to learn far more than they're being taught, all the way from 5th to 12th.
Will correct you here as this is completely false in educational settings. If the particular students are molding school culture, it’s not being done well. School culture is intentional—created and maintained by the people in charge through their values and focus and communications. I’ve been involved in dozens of schools and have seen this in action ( and inaction ).
Don’t believe me? Here’s your lauded Harvard explaining it to you:
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/07/what-makes-good-school-culture
That's right, parents should just shut up and accept mediocre standards. Who are they to stand up for their kids and improving educational levels.