Anonymous wrote:Fun fact: average white student's score on the SAT at Einstein is 1813. Average white student score at Churchill is 1802, WJ is 1818, BCC 1868. Race is absolutely a proxy for income at Einstein, and it sure doesn't sound like the poor kids are bringing down the scores of the wealthier white kids.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/Class2010SAT-MCPS-MD-Nation-9-13-10-final.pdf Table A16

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact: average white student's score on the SAT at Einstein is 1813. Average white student score at Churchill is 1802, WJ is 1818, BCC 1868. Race is absolutely a proxy for income at Einstein, and it sure doesn't sound like the poor kids are bringing down the scores of the wealthier white kids.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/Class2010SAT-MCPS-MD-Nation-9-13-10-final.pdf Table A16

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No one cares where you went to high school except college admissions boards, and then everyone cares where you went to college.

This way of thinking is about a decade outdated. Do you work outside the home?

One does not work inside the home. Yes, I'm employed and no one has ever cared where I went to high school or impressed that I went to better high schools. They care where I got my master's degree from and I have the proper credentials for the job.

The point I was trying make is that outside of perhaps academia, few employers anymore are hung up on where you went to college. For anyone paying attention, we are living in a tech-driven talent economy and companies that hope to survive want to know what you can do, not what your pedigree is. I work for a major media company, a big brand name; 10 years ago the class of summer interns was almost entirely Ivy League kids, this summer, none are. They come from a wide variety of colleges, including many state schools. The thing they have in common is they all have sophisticated digital skills and creative talent.

The field is leveling in similar fashion is most industries. What can you do, not where did you go.

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No one cares where you went to high school except college admissions boards, and then everyone cares where you went to college.

This way of thinking is about a decade outdated. Do you work outside the home?

One does not work inside the home. Yes, I'm employed and no one has ever cared where I went to high school or impressed that I went to better high schools. They care where I got my master's degree from and I have the proper credentials for the job.

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.

Not by me, it isn't. That's twice as much as my household income. (Maybe I shouldn't get to post on DCUM because I'm a poor?)

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.

Not by me, it isn't. That's twice as much as my household income. (Maybe I shouldn't get to post on DCUM because I'm a poor?)

I doubt PP's figure. Not too many, if any, 250HHI families within E boundary.

Actually, there are many of us in that demographic in Woodside Park, Forest Glen, and Kensington. And the families of VAC students.

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No one cares where you went to high school except college admissions boards, and then everyone cares where you went to college.

This way of thinking is about a decade outdated. Do you work outside the home?

One does not work inside the home. Yes, I'm employed and no one has ever cared where I went to high school or impressed that I went to better high schools. They care where I got my master's degree from and I have the proper credentials for the job.

One might not, but I do. I work inside the home for pay when I telework, and I work inside the home for no pay when I wash dishes, clean the bathrooms, do the laundry, and mow the lawn. I don't do those things for fun.

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.

Not by me, it isn't. That's twice as much as my household income. (Maybe I shouldn't get to post on DCUM because I'm a poor?)

I doubt PP's figure. Not too many, if any, 250HHI families within E boundary.

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.

Not by me, it isn't. That's twice as much as my household income. (Maybe I shouldn't get to post on DCUM because I'm a poor?)

I doubt PP's figure. Not too many, if any, 250HHI families within E boundary.

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.

Not by me, it isn't. That's twice as much as my household income. (Maybe I shouldn't get to post on DCUM because I'm a poor?)

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Anonymous wrote:
No one cares where you went to high school except college admissions boards, and then everyone cares where you went to college.

This way of thinking is about a decade outdated. Do you work outside the home?

One does not work inside the home. Yes, I'm employed and no one has ever cared where I went to high school or impressed that I went to better high schools. They care where I got my master's degree from and I have the proper credentials for the job.

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Anonymous wrote:This conversation is so confusing for me. Most houses zoned for Einstein today are over $400,000. You definitely are not low SES if you can afford a house at that price. So if you have small kids now, the reasoning would be that, based on SES alone, Einstein will only get better going forward.

Also at this reasoning, it's better to go to a W school than, for example, any school in Ohio, because of the lower cost of living and associated salaries? This seems ridiculous IMO.

Earning $180-250,000 and living in one of those houses is considered "poor" in this area. A bit ironic as many of us live comfortable and can pay cash for our kids college education because of the choices we make.