Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 17:00     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:To build on your Wisconsin example - were the kid who were rejected from the privates actually going to enroll at Wisconsin?


Yes. We shall see how things shake out this year but typically (even during the past two Covid years) the Big3 and similar schools do not actually send anyone to Wisconsin. It's always been a safety--many apply, some get in, no one attends).


Sidwell ‘21 absolutely did send someone to Wisconsin


So did GDS ‘19


Sidwell, NCS, and St Albans all have graduates there. The info is on their websites.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 15:32     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:No high school in America requires calculus based physics. Lol

Medical schools don't even require it.


Why would you even find it useful for Med School?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 14:11     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To build on your Wisconsin example - were the kid who were rejected from the privates actually going to enroll at Wisconsin?


Yes. We shall see how things shake out this year but typically (even during the past two Covid years) the Big3 and similar schools do not actually send anyone to Wisconsin. It's always been a safety--many apply, some get in, no one attends).


Sidwell ‘21 absolutely did send someone to Wisconsin


So did GDS ‘19
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 14:11     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Of course they do.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 14:03     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the private school kids taking calculus? And calculus based physics? When I dig through websites that seems to be important in terms of defining rigor. Calculus is often mentioned specifically and also tracks with the idea that kids are taking the most rigorous curriculum offered at school.


At our school those are required courses, so yes.


What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.


I am curious to know this too as I don't know of any private school either (but readily admit there are schools out there I don't know). i know of a lot of kids who never make it to calculus and are at privates. And even more so on physics -- I have never heard of a school that requires physics C since you have to have taken calculus before-hand, so before senior year (Holton requires freshmen physics but it is specifically not calculus-based).


You do not understand the use of the word rigor. Rigor is the child vs that school's offering. Not DC's school vs other schools. Admission's offices do not pit school vs school.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 13:49     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To build on your Wisconsin example - were the kid who were rejected from the privates actually going to enroll at Wisconsin?


Yes. We shall see how things shake out this year but typically (even during the past two Covid years) the Big3 and similar schools do not actually send anyone to Wisconsin. It's always been a safety--many apply, some get in, no one attends).


Not true. They even -gasp- send kids to Auburn and U of South Carolina.

You can look it up on their websites. U Wisc Madison is even in bold because multiple kids matriculated there
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 13:11     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
No high school in America requires calculus based physics. Lol

Medical schools don't even require it.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 12:54     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.



Stanford Online high school does.


No it doesn't: https://ohs.stanford.edu/graduation-requirements
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 12:49     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the private school kids taking calculus? And calculus based physics? When I dig through websites that seems to be important in terms of defining rigor. Calculus is often mentioned specifically and also tracks with the idea that kids are taking the most rigorous curriculum offered at school.


At our school those are required courses, so yes.


What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.


I am curious to know this too as I don't know of any private school either (but readily admit there are schools out there I don't know). i know of a lot of kids who never make it to calculus and are at privates. And even more so on physics -- I have never heard of a school that requires physics C since you have to have taken calculus before-hand, so before senior year (Holton requires freshmen physics but it is specifically not calculus-based).


+ 1. Even the top STEM school in the country, TJ, does not 'require' one to take AP Physics C. Quite a number of kids don't either, even at TJ.


One of the top stem schools, tj mom.

But, same is true at other top magnets. Neither calc nor physics c are required.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 11:47     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:

What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.



Stanford Online high school does.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 11:43     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To build on your Wisconsin example - were the kid who were rejected from the privates actually going to enroll at Wisconsin?


Yes. We shall see how things shake out this year but typically (even during the past two Covid years) the Big3 and similar schools do not actually send anyone to Wisconsin. It's always been a safety--many apply, some get in, no one attends).


Sidwell ‘21 absolutely did send someone to Wisconsin
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 10:54     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the private school kids taking calculus? And calculus based physics? When I dig through websites that seems to be important in terms of defining rigor. Calculus is often mentioned specifically and also tracks with the idea that kids are taking the most rigorous curriculum offered at school.


At our school those are required courses, so yes.


What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.


I am curious to know this too as I don't know of any private school either (but readily admit there are schools out there I don't know). i know of a lot of kids who never make it to calculus and are at privates. And even more so on physics -- I have never heard of a school that requires physics C since you have to have taken calculus before-hand, so before senior year (Holton requires freshmen physics but it is specifically not calculus-based).


+ 1. Even the top STEM school in the country, TJ, does not 'require' one to take AP Physics C. Quite a number of kids don't either, even at TJ.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 10:50     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the private school kids taking calculus? And calculus based physics? When I dig through websites that seems to be important in terms of defining rigor. Calculus is often mentioned specifically and also tracks with the idea that kids are taking the most rigorous curriculum offered at school.


At our school those are required courses, so yes.


What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.


I am curious to know this too as I don't know of any private school either (but readily admit there are schools out there I don't know). i know of a lot of kids who never make it to calculus and are at privates. And even more so on physics -- I have never heard of a school that requires physics C since you have to have taken calculus before-hand, so before senior year (Holton requires freshmen physics but it is specifically not calculus-based).
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 10:38     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the private school kids taking calculus? And calculus based physics? When I dig through websites that seems to be important in terms of defining rigor. Calculus is often mentioned specifically and also tracks with the idea that kids are taking the most rigorous curriculum offered at school.


At our school those are required courses, so yes.


What high school requires calculus based physics? I honestly don't believe you unless you're reporting in from homeschool.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2022 10:36     Subject: My kid isn't getting in
Anonymous wrote:To build on your Wisconsin example - were the kid who were rejected from the privates actually going to enroll at Wisconsin?


Yes. We shall see how things shake out this year but typically (even during the past two Covid years) the Big3 and similar schools do not actually send anyone to Wisconsin. It's always been a safety--many apply, some get in, no one attends).