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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

Looking at the 2020 list, which is from Latin itself, that does not seem accurate for most if not almost all kids.

Are you saying Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Penn, UChicago, Pomona, Amherst, Cornell, Georgetown, Howard, Middlebury, Reed, Smith, Vassar ( for example ) are not prestigious ENOUGH? It’s a class of 70ish kids per year, in an open enrollment DC Public school FFS. Get a grip. Don’t apply if it’s not for you, but you are not operating in any else’s reality on college admissions. Sorry.

omg YES. +100

Most of those schools are not on the 2020 list and this is just a list of acceptances, so the same kid could be counted multiple times. This list is not impressive if you’re a CH family with dual ivy/equivalent degrees at either undergrad or grad/prof level… and that’s actually a lot of CH families.

This. The 2020 list of acceptances is not great, and a list of acceptances is not useful because it could be the same kid getting into all the good schools.

Anonymous wrote:You move on, we pay DC taxes, we pay for Latin, we're entitled to critique the school.

Entitled pretty much sums it up. It’s fascinating how you’ve chosen to use that entitlement. I will move on. Happily.

You move on, we pay DC taxes, we pay for Latin, we're entitled to critique the school.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking?

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances. They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data? Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless. Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.

Nailed it! Thank you!

A couple posters keep coming back here to pound their drum about how Washington Latin isn't up to their standards, isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread, isn't an academic powerhouse.

People who have students there have told you numerous times what the school is not. It is not an elite academy. It is not a test-in academic magnet school. It is not pulling from a rich zip code. It is not wealthy or endowed. It is not focused on PARCC scores. It is not concerned with lists of alum at the most prestigious colleges possible in order to impress....who? It is not a STEM school. It does not teach modern languages in middle school. It does not track in middle school.

They have also told you what it is: an excellent school with wide-ranging academics, laser focused on a particular mission:

We strive to help our students to become thoughtful people who will contribute to the public good and continue a lifelong quest towards a fuller humanity. We believe that education is a training of character, and character is the intersection of intellectual development and moral integrity.

It's a school that is diverse by design, that cares about words and people, that values the relationship between teachers and students, that is committed to a classical education model. It's a place where every adult in the building is focused on doing the best they can for every student that comes through their doors. It's a place of professionals who nurture students to reach their own personal goals. It's a place that values informed opinions and thoughtful discourse.

It has its weaknesses, it has its strengths.

Please, no one apply who doesn't think it is a good fit for your family.

But please quit coming on here and complaining that Latin isn't what YOU WANT IT TO BE. You've got your information, You've evaluated it. You've reiterated it. Now move on.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking?

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances. They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data? Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless. Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.

Nailed it! Thank you!

But no one is saying that it is an academic powerhouse. It is a wonderful, warm, nurturing school with exceptional teachers and administration that offers an engaging and interesting classical curriculum and helps kids find colleges that work for them on several different levels. There are some kids there who will end up at Ivies and others who will end up at HBCUs and others who will end up at small colleges and others who will end up a community colleges or UDC. What Latin does best is make students better thinkers and better human beings. They are not trying to be an academic powerhouse or only send kids to Ivies. Again, DON'T APPLY if you don't like it based on their list of college acceptances. You clearly don't want to listen to Latin parents about how amazing the school is. And to the poster who said that CH families that are double Ivies are expecting their kids to go to Ivies - good luck with that! No matter where you go to high school getting into an Ivy these days is a crapshoot for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking?

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances. They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data? Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless. Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.

Nailed it! Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking?

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances. They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data? Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless. Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

Looking at the 2020 list, which is from Latin itself, that does not seem accurate for most if not almost all kids.

Are you saying Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Penn, UChicago, Pomona, Amherst, Cornell, Georgetown, Howard, Middlebury, Reed, Smith, Vassar ( for example ) are not prestigious ENOUGH? It’s a class of 70ish kids per year, in an open enrollment DC Public school FFS. Get a grip. Don’t apply if it’s not for you, but you are not operating in any else’s reality on college admissions. Sorry.

omg YES. +100

Most of those schools are not on the 2020 list and this is just a list of acceptances, so the same kid could be counted multiple times. This list is not impressive if you’re a CH family with dual ivy/equivalent degrees at either undergrad or grad/prof level… and that’s actually a lot of CH families.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

Looking at the 2020 list, which is from Latin itself, that does not seem accurate for most if not almost all kids.

Are you saying Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Penn, UChicago, Pomona, Amherst, Cornell, Georgetown, Howard, Middlebury, Reed, Smith, Vassar ( for example ) are not prestigious ENOUGH? It’s a class of 70ish kids per year, in an open enrollment DC Public school FFS. Get a grip. Don’t apply if it’s not for you, but you are not operating in any else’s reality on college admissions. Sorry.

omg YES. +100

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

Looking at the 2020 list, which is from Latin itself, that does not seem accurate for most if not almost all kids.

Are you saying Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Penn, UChicago, Pomona, Amherst, Cornell, Georgetown, Howard, Middlebury, Reed, Smith, Vassar ( for example ) are not prestigious ENOUGH? It’s a class of 70ish kids per year, in an open enrollment DC Public school FFS. Get a grip. Don’t apply if it’s not for you, but you are not operating in any else’s reality on college admissions. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking?

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

Looking at the 2020 list, which is from Latin itself, that does not seem accurate for most if not almost all kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

Obviously those kids are going to prestigious colleges. I can also think of Amherst and Yale in the past few years. But that's not the right fit for every kid, the same as at Sidwell or Walls or anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Why do they need to add it? For the millionth time, Latin cares about the finding the right fit for its students and not only about presigious colleges. They don't need to convince random DCUMers that they have an amazing thing going. If you don't like it, don't apply.

Random DCUMers? Try DC taxpayers who want to stay in the neighborhoods but can't get excited about sending their children to iffy and unsafe neighborhood schools.

What if the right fit for Latin graduates ARE prestigious colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

I seriously doubt this.

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard. Also Pomona.

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.

Google is your friend.