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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

DP, but the bragging rights here, if it’s really necessary to go down that route, rightfully belong to individual students attending schools of their choice, not some Whitman parent living vicariously, and not very graciously, through others (and whose own kids may never get anywhere near HYPSM or another Ivy).

For the record, I’m the one who you accused of “bragging.” My kids went to one of the better reputed NOVA public high schools. They didn’t go to Whitman. I don’t know anyone with Whitman connections, in fact. I just saw the heading on this thread and clicked out of curiosity.

You’re just as silly as OP. Congratulations.

“Better reputed”

Eat me. The point is that Whitman appears to do better than the "better reputed" NOVA high schools in college placement.

This is true. But it has been explained here that 1) Whitman has more legacies; 2) NOVA has TJ that draws some top McLean/Langley students.

TJ is being watered down by the school board. You might see the gap between Whitman and Langley/McLean disappear in a few years.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

DP, but the bragging rights here, if it’s really necessary to go down that route, rightfully belong to individual students attending schools of their choice, not some Whitman parent living vicariously, and not very graciously, through others (and whose own kids may never get anywhere near HYPSM or another Ivy).

For the record, I’m the one who you accused of “bragging.” My kids went to one of the better reputed NOVA public high schools. They didn’t go to Whitman. I don’t know anyone with Whitman connections, in fact. I just saw the heading on this thread and clicked out of curiosity.

You’re just as silly as OP. Congratulations.

“Better reputed”

Eat me. The point is that Whitman appears to do better than the "better reputed" NOVA high schools in college placement.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

DP, but the bragging rights here, if it’s really necessary to go down that route, rightfully belong to individual students attending schools of their choice, not some Whitman parent living vicariously, and not very graciously, through others (and whose own kids may never get anywhere near HYPSM or another Ivy).

For the record, I’m the one who you accused of “bragging.” My kids went to one of the better reputed NOVA public high schools. They didn’t go to Whitman. I don’t know anyone with Whitman connections, in fact. I just saw the heading on this thread and clicked out of curiosity.

You’re just as silly as OP. Congratulations.

“Better reputed”

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Anonymous wrote:Many of the kids at Whitman are Ivy League caliber students. Whitman could 100% populate Princeton. Unfortunately, not everyone can get in. Legacy definitely helps. Parental notoriety helps.

Uh, no. Not even close.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

DP, but the bragging rights here, if it’s really necessary to go down that route, rightfully belong to individual students attending schools of their choice, not some Whitman parent living vicariously, and not very graciously, through others (and whose own kids may never get anywhere near HYPSM or another Ivy).

For the record, I’m the one who you accused of “bragging.” My kids went to one of the better reputed NOVA public high schools. They didn’t go to Whitman. I don’t know anyone with Whitman connections, in fact. I just saw the heading on this thread and clicked out of curiosity.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

DP, but the bragging rights here, if it’s really necessary to go down that route, rightfully belong to individual students attending schools of their choice, not some Whitman parent living vicariously, and not very graciously, through others (and whose own kids may never get anywhere near HYPSM or another Ivy).

Anonymous wrote:Many of the kids at Whitman are Ivy League caliber students. Whitman could 100% populate Princeton. Unfortunately, not everyone can get in. Legacy definitely helps. Parental notoriety helps.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

It’s more than 4 percent on that list going Ivy+. And there are MANY on that list going top 25. You can poo poo all you want, but it’s a damned good list.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

The Whitman ones are pretty much all legacies. And not regular legacies but super-involved legacies (like the president of the DC Yale club) or VIP legacies (household name or in the national press).

There is pretty much no chance of a non-legacy, non recruit, non URM going to the Ivy League. It's the same at the top privates.
The Ivy admit rate is COMPLETELY irrelevant to 99% of students at a school regardless of how brilliant or accomplished they are.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list. No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares. Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. You won’t find that at Langley or McLean. No way.

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits.