Anonymous
04/28/2023 11:50
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
There are just as many rich and powerful people in this country who didn't attend elite colleges as those who did. It obviously helps, but is nowhere near necessary.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 11:47
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Something is really wrong with a system where wealth and geographic location determine the schools your children attend, the colleges they will get into, basically the rest of their lives are predetermined. Is this truly liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Are you new here?!?
Welcome to the USA. Wealth and power determining future outcomes is the American way.
Just wanted to remind you all about the unfairness of it all and how lucky you are to be part of the system.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 11:38
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:basically the rest of their lives are predetermined
LOL no. This may be true in other countries, but in the US, the college you attend doesn't predetermine all that much. And I say this as a HYPS grad whose professional peers come from undergraduate institutions in all rankings tiers.
You are in denial.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 11:32
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Something is really wrong with a system where wealth and geographic location determine the schools your children attend, the colleges they will get into, basically the rest of their lives are predetermined. Is this truly liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Are you new here?!?
Welcome to the USA. Wealth and power determining future outcomes is the American way.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 10:36
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:basically the rest of their lives are predetermined
LOL no. This may be true in other countries, but in the US, the college you attend doesn't predetermine all that much. And I say this as a HYPS grad whose professional peers come from undergraduate institutions in all rankings tiers.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 10:35
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Something is really wrong with a system where wealth and geographic location determine the schools your children attend, the colleges they will get into, basically the rest of their lives are predetermined. Is this truly liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Well some people refuse to live in areas focused on what is best for their kids and only focus on what they want. Yeah it would be fun to live in a cool row home in Shaw or Dupont, but with kids a home Wood Acres in Bethesda makes more sense. Look at Holton/Landon/Whitman's instagram college lists!
Anonymous
04/28/2023 10:21
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Something is really wrong with a system where wealth and geographic location determine the schools your children attend, the colleges they will get into, basically the rest of their lives are predetermined. Is this truly liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Anonymous
04/28/2023 09:56
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is so embarrassing. I mean, most of them are but this one? Man.
Agree. Delete, please? Jeff???
For someone comparing different schools, this threat is actually very helpful.
If the list of matriculations is what you’re using to decide on education, that rather proves the point that private ed is a d***-waving competition more than an actual education.
Public schools make these lists too, FWIW.
Yes there are a couple on in the master list. Churchill: https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
And BCC: https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) It would be interesting to see Whitman and WJ's, too.
You have to look at these list from the standpoint of percentage of total student body. Whitman and Churchill have huge class sizes, so having a spattering of kids going to top schools should be expected. But looking at percentage of total student body matriculating to top schools, you will find that the top private schools blow public schools out of the water.
It’s amazing that people continue to make this comment knowing (or at least you should by now) that matriculation at top schools has little to do with education outcomes and more to do with wealth. If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you. Get over it and just celebrate the kids success.
+1 I absolutely agree. Whitman and Churchill are in such wealthy areas that even though they are public, most, if not all of the students come from a heavy level of wealth. One can assume that overall the resources available to these kids are much higher than children in less wealthy or even poor areas, or less wealthy, or poor children who attend some privates, who don’t have as much money.
This is all true, but one must also consider that the schools that wealthy students attend tend to be stronger academically purely to accommodate the students' and parents' higher level of commitment to education. This is why those neighborhoods are desirable. Teachers prefer to teach at schools like Churchill and Whitman. As a private school parent who wants to send her kids to top 20 universities, we want to surround our kids with other strong achievers to keep the motivation high. We're in the Churchill cluster, but chose private for our kids for various reasons including class sizes and getting more attention...but we can afford it no problem.
To elaborate on your theme, even if your children attend privates, being in the Churchill cluster is important because they will live near/meet/spend time with local children. Where you live even th epublic school children are going to be better influences.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 09:53
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are so many GDS kids going to Colorado?
Quality of life. It’s a fantastic place to go to live.
Mmmkay
Weed
Anonymous
04/28/2023 09:52
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you.
If you think that the top 5% of public school students are going to HYP as is the case at many private schools, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 09:40
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:I think the results of the top students in public and private school is comparable. For the average student, private school would have better outcomes. Since most students are average then overall private school outcomes would be better than public school.
I don’t think so. Privates are sending most kids to top 30-40 schools. You don’t see that at publics. Not even close.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 09:03
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
I think the results of the top students in public and private school is comparable. For the average student, private school would have better outcomes. Since most students are average then overall private school outcomes would be better than public school.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 08:35
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is so embarrassing. I mean, most of them are but this one? Man.
Agree. Delete, please? Jeff???
For someone comparing different schools, this threat is actually very helpful.
If the list of matriculations is what you’re using to decide on education, that rather proves the point that private ed is a d***-waving competition more than an actual education.
Public schools make these lists too, FWIW.
Yes there are a couple on in the master list. Churchill: https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
And BCC: https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) It would be interesting to see Whitman and WJ's, too.
You have to look at these list from the standpoint of percentage of total student body. Whitman and Churchill have huge class sizes, so having a spattering of kids going to top schools should be expected. But looking at percentage of total student body matriculating to top schools, you will find that the top private schools blow public schools out of the water.
It’s amazing that people continue to make this comment knowing (or at least you should by now) that matriculation at top schools has little to do with education outcomes and more to do with wealth. If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you. Get over it and just celebrate the kids success.
+1 I absolutely agree. Whitman and Churchill are in such wealthy areas that even though they are public, most, if not all of the students come from a heavy level of wealth. One can assume that overall the resources available to these kids are much higher than children in less wealthy or even poor areas, or less wealthy, or poor children who attend some privates, who don’t have as much money.
Well, Whitman and Churchill’s college results don’t compare favorably to top privates this year. Why didn’t the wealth of the families at those two schools produce comparable results?
Anonymous
04/28/2023 08:16
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is so embarrassing. I mean, most of them are but this one? Man.
Agree. Delete, please? Jeff???
For someone comparing different schools, this threat is actually very helpful.
If the list of matriculations is what you’re using to decide on education, that rather proves the point that private ed is a d***-waving competition more than an actual education.
Public schools make these lists too, FWIW.
Yes there are a couple on in the master list. Churchill: https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
And BCC: https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) It would be interesting to see Whitman and WJ's, too.
You have to look at these list from the standpoint of percentage of total student body. Whitman and Churchill have huge class sizes, so having a spattering of kids going to top schools should be expected. But looking at percentage of total student body matriculating to top schools, you will find that the top private schools blow public schools out of the water.
It’s amazing that people continue to make this comment knowing (or at least you should by now) that matriculation at top schools has little to do with education outcomes and more to do with wealth. If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you. Get over it and just celebrate the kids success.
+1 I absolutely agree. Whitman and Churchill are in such wealthy areas that even though they are public, most, if not all of the students come from a heavy level of wealth. One can assume that overall the resources available to these kids are much higher than children in less wealthy or even poor areas, or less wealthy, or poor children who attend some privates, who don’t have as much money.
This is all true, but one must also consider that the schools that wealthy students attend tend to be stronger academically purely to accommodate the students' and parents' higher level of commitment to education. This is why those neighborhoods are desirable. Teachers prefer to teach at schools like Churchill and Whitman. As a private school parent who wants to send her kids to top 20 universities, we want to surround our kids with other strong achievers to keep the motivation high. We're in the Churchill cluster, but chose private for our kids for various reasons including class sizes and getting more attention...but we can afford it no problem.
Anonymous
04/28/2023 08:05
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is so embarrassing. I mean, most of them are but this one? Man.
Agree. Delete, please? Jeff???
For someone comparing different schools, this threat is actually very helpful.
If the list of matriculations is what you’re using to decide on education, that rather proves the point that private ed is a d***-waving competition more than an actual education.
Public schools make these lists too, FWIW.
Yes there are a couple on in the master list. Churchill: https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
And BCC: https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) It would be interesting to see Whitman and WJ's, too.
You have to look at these list from the standpoint of percentage of total student body. Whitman and Churchill have huge class sizes, so having a spattering of kids going to top schools should be expected. But looking at percentage of total student body matriculating to top schools, you will find that the top private schools blow public schools out of the water.
It’s amazing that people continue to make this comment knowing (or at least you should by now) that matriculation at top schools has little to do with education outcomes and more to do with wealth. If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you. Get over it and just celebrate the kids success.
+1 I absolutely agree. Whitman and Churchill are in such wealthy areas that even though they are public, most, if not all of the students come from a heavy level of wealth. One can assume that overall the resources available to these kids are much higher than children in less wealthy or even poor areas, or less wealthy, or poor children who attend some privates, who don’t have as much money.