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Anonymous wrote:I can’t speak for everyone but in my daughters friend group the majority got into their top choices. Instagram page has some decisions but many kids don’t post there. I wish the school would post so we can see the full picture but from what I’m hearing families are pretty happy. Apparently it’s not the same many other area privates and specially for the unhooked kids. It’s almost like public schools are becoming a hook.

Oh BS. When the dust settles in June, this school never does as well as the top privates when comparing like to like. Same with SWW.

The public parents like to state as fact that results are “the same” and, starting in 2023 “better” but they are relying on the same 5 individuals who got recruited to an Ivy for crew or track. None of these parents ever does a head-to-head for the kids ranked, say, #30 to #80 in their public compared to the same cohort at GDS or Sidwell. THAT is where the significant difference is most obvious.

I have a high schooler at both JR and GDS/Sidwell. The later had about 100% more work throughout high school.
Frankly, GDS/Sidwell college admissions should be miles better. The kids are much better prepared and have worked much, much harder.

Yes, it should be miles better because of the profile and background of students who attend these privates. If you are expecting diverse public schools to perform the same way, you should look at the research on factors that affect school success. Also, not everyone thinks more work = better prepared in life.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/08/27/public-private-school-family-income-study

Folks may not appreciate that there are many JR kids taking dual-enrollment classes at GW and Georgetown and usually are top performers in those classes (at least Math classes). Hard to claim they are not prepared for college when they are taking actual college classes and performing near the top.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t speak for everyone but in my daughters friend group the majority got into their top choices. Instagram page has some decisions but many kids don’t post there. I wish the school would post so we can see the full picture but from what I’m hearing families are pretty happy. Apparently it’s not the same many other area privates and specially for the unhooked kids. It’s almost like public schools are becoming a hook.

Oh BS. When the dust settles in June, this school never does as well as the top privates when comparing like to like. Same with SWW.

The public parents like to state as fact that results are “the same” and, starting in 2023 “better” but they are relying on the same 5 individuals who got recruited to an Ivy for crew or track. None of these parents ever does a head-to-head for the kids ranked, say, #30 to #80 in their public compared to the same cohort at GDS or Sidwell. THAT is where the significant difference is most obvious.

I have a high schooler at both JR and GDS/Sidwell. The later had about 100% more work throughout high school.
Frankly, GDS/Sidwell college admissions should be miles better. The kids are much better prepared and have worked much, much harder.

Yes, it should be miles better because of the profile and background of students who attend these privates. If you are expecting diverse public schools to perform the same way, you should look at the research on factors that affect school success. Also, not everyone thinks more work = better prepared in life.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/08/27/public-private-school-family-income-study

Sure, family income is important but it is not the only factor. Here are the findings of another study:

Early academic skills related to literacy and math are the most significant predictors
of future academic achievement. Key early literacy predictors for reading and school
success include alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, rapid automatic
naming of letters or numbers, rapid automatic naming of objects or colors, writing
and phonological memory. Some studies suggest that early math skills measured in
Kindergarten, particularly related to counting and number sense, predict reading,
math and science achievement in later years.

Children’s early non-academic skills, such as social competence and self-regulation,
also contribute to school success. Some studies suggest that early social skills are
linked to future literacy achievement. Learning-related skills have been shown to
impact reading and math scores as far up as middle school.

The impact of early academic skills can vary dependent on gender, socioeconomic
status, and English proficiency. Early literacy skill differences exist between boys and
girls and interact with socioeconomic status, with an advantage for girls. Research has
demonstrated that children who come from homes in which a language other than
English is spoken and who come from a lower socioeconomic status exhibit different
language skills and have different educational trajectories than their middle-class
peers who come from monolingual English-speaking homes.

+100.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t speak for everyone but in my daughters friend group the majority got into their top choices. Instagram page has some decisions but many kids don’t post there. I wish the school would post so we can see the full picture but from what I’m hearing families are pretty happy. Apparently it’s not the same many other area privates and specially for the unhooked kids. It’s almost like public schools are becoming a hook.

Oh BS. When the dust settles in June, this school never does as well as the top privates when comparing like to like. Same with SWW.

The public parents like to state as fact that results are “the same” and, starting in 2023 “better” but they are relying on the same 5 individuals who got recruited to an Ivy for crew or track. None of these parents ever does a head-to-head for the kids ranked, say, #30 to #80 in their public compared to the same cohort at GDS or Sidwell. THAT is where the significant difference is most obvious.

I have a high schooler at both JR and GDS/Sidwell. The later had about 100% more work throughout high school.
Frankly, GDS/Sidwell college admissions should be miles better. The kids are much better prepared and have worked much, much harder.

Yes, it should be miles better because of the profile and background of students who attend these privates. If you are expecting diverse public schools to perform the same way, you should look at the research on factors that affect school success. Also, not everyone thinks more work = better prepared in life.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/08/27/public-private-school-family-income-study

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

+2 Same. In fact I've heard that JR/Wilson kids just don't apply there because no one has ever gotten in.

DC kids in general rarely if ever get accepted to Duke. The top privates may get one spot every other year. I know it sounds ridiculous but I have heard from many sources that Duke does not like DC kids.

Is that new? I went to Duke and about a quarter of my class was from DC (mostly private schools, it’s true).

Why would you believe PP? Who are their “sources”? Parents whose kids didn’t get in and are looking for a reason? Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

+2 Same. In fact I've heard that JR/Wilson kids just don't apply there because no one has ever gotten in.

DC kids in general rarely if ever get accepted to Duke. The top privates may get one spot every other year. I know it sounds ridiculous but I have heard from many sources that Duke does not like DC kids.

Is that new? I went to Duke and about a quarter of my class was from DC (mostly private schools, it’s true).

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

NP with more: Morehouse, Northwestern, Smith, BC, Miami, USC, University of Toronto, Case Western

Few more - UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, UW (Seattle), Washington University, Howard, UNC, USC, Loyola Marymount, Temple, FIT, Drexel, U of Toronto, CU, U of Miami, Boston College, Mount Holyoke

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

+2 Same. In fact I've heard that JR/Wilson kids just don't apply there because no one has ever gotten in.

So dumb. You've "heard"?

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

This is a really bizarre question. But anyway, my DS got in last year and spoke to a Wilson grad who is there for insights. She opted to go elsewhere. Yes there are acceptances every year.

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

+2 Same. In fact I've heard that JR/Wilson kids just don't apply there because no one has ever gotten in.

DC kids in general rarely if ever get accepted to Duke. The top privates may get one spot every other year. I know it sounds ridiculous but I have heard from many sources that Duke does not like DC kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t speak for everyone but in my daughters friend group the majority got into their top choices. Instagram page has some decisions but many kids don’t post there. I wish the school would post so we can see the full picture but from what I’m hearing families are pretty happy. Apparently it’s not the same many other area privates and specially for the unhooked kids. It’s almost like public schools are becoming a hook.

Oh BS. When the dust settles in June, this school never does as well as the top privates when comparing like to like. Same with SWW.

The public parents like to state as fact that results are “the same” and, starting in 2023 “better” but they are relying on the same 5 individuals who got recruited to an Ivy for crew or track. None of these parents ever does a head-to-head for the kids ranked, say, #30 to #80 in their public compared to the same cohort at GDS or Sidwell. THAT is where the significant difference is most obvious.

I’ve never heard a public school parent compare college outcomes to private schools…it’s the private school parents who are always bellyaching about how easy the public school kids have it and how much more “deserving” the private school kids are. No mention of privilege.

And then, in the same breath, say they don’t care about college admissions but only about the quality of education.

Anonymous wrote:I guess you people don’t count HBCUs as top colleges.

The post that you replied to included Spelman.

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

+2 Same. In fact I've heard that JR/Wilson kids just don't apply there because no one has ever gotten in.

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Anonymous wrote:Great college admissions this year from JR. Some have mentioned these schools, but here is a fuller list of top schools kids were admitted to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn, University of Chicago, Amherst, Smith, Bates, Spellman, Bowdoin, Trinity (Hartford), Carleton, Virginia, Michigan, Texas (Austin), Cal (Berkeley, UCSB, UC Santa Cruz), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, Maryland, Boston University, Northeastern, NYU, New School, American, University of British Columbia, McGill, Kings College (London), St. Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), University of Amsterdam (Holland). That's off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing some spectacular schools. Keep in mind that JR is a huge school, but still, this is very good list.

Same poster as above. I'll add that these are where folks are going--so it's not three kids who got into all of the schools. At least one kid is going to each of these schools. If you count schools where kids were admitted but not attending (because they are going to the schools above), you can add Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and others.

Interesting. Is this the first Duke admit ever from JR/Wilson?

No...why would you think that? There is typically 1-2 every year.

I've never known anyone from JR/Wilson to get into Duke. Except the recent baseball player.

+1 Same.

Anonymous wrote:Why are we talking about elementary school students from Marie Reed Elementary School getting accepted into colleges and universities. They’re in elementary school! This is obviously a thread created by a troll.

Marie Reed <> Jackson Reed