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Anonymous wrote:Gawd what are you looking for? If you met Jackson Reed's best/most average/worst students would you change your views of the school? Just get a little perspective, people.

I’m looking for a school that sends a strong cohort of kids to the kind of colleges my kid can aspire to, because that means the school will adequately prepare him. It’s actually not … all that complicated!

So here’s the problem. Most of the state schools you’re probably looking at (UMCP, UVA, Michigan, Penn State, UC schools, etc.) are objectively terrible choices for poor and middle class students. They don’t provide much or any need-based financial aid, and they don’t provide enough merit aid to be within reach for a poorer family. These students are much better off going to either higher-ranked schools that give more need-based aid, or lower-ranked schools that give more merit-based aid. So when you say you want a high school that sends a “strong cohort” to those big-name state schools, you’re effectively saying you want a school full of UMC kids. If that’s what you really want, you should admit that to yourself and move to the richest suburb you can afford. If what you care about is the education, the fact that parents don’t have enough money to pay OOS rates for UVA or Michigan shouldn’t affect your decision.

I'd expect a large number of McKinley to be getting full rides to Ivies/T20, because they are exactly what those types of schools are looking for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gawd what are you looking for? If you met Jackson Reed's best/most average/worst students would you change your views of the school? Just get a little perspective, people.

I’m looking for a school that sends a strong cohort of kids to the kind of colleges my kid can aspire to, because that means the school will adequately prepare him. It’s actually not … all that complicated!

So here’s the problem. Most of the state schools you’re probably looking at (UMCP, UVA, Michigan, Penn State, UC schools, etc.) are objectively terrible choices for poor and middle class students. They don’t provide much or any need-based financial aid, and they don’t provide enough merit aid to be within reach for a poorer family. These students are much better off going to either higher-ranked schools that give more need-based aid, or lower-ranked schools that give more merit-based aid. So when you say you want a high school that sends a “strong cohort” to those big-name state schools, you’re effectively saying you want a school full of UMC kids. If that’s what you really want, you should admit that to yourself and move to the richest suburb you can afford. If what you care about is the education, the fact that parents don’t have enough money to pay OOS rates for UVA or Michigan shouldn’t affect your decision.

I'd expect a large number of McKinley to be getting full rides to Ivies/T20, because they are exactly what those types of schools are looking for.