Anonymous wrote:Does Wilson disclose rank on transcript, i.e. to colleges?

Yes it is on the transcript.

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Anonymous wrote:About 15 students scored perfect on their ACT and SAT. Is that mediocre?

Then why aren't those 15 students on the Presidential scholar eligibility list, which is based entirely on scores? The list is supposed to be the top 40 scoring students who live in DC.

Exactly right. There are not 15 students at Wilson with perfect scores. There are 3, and 3 only, out of a class of about 445 students. At Banneker, there were 4 out of a class of about 110. At Walls, there are 13 out of about 145. Draw your own conclusions.

Does Wilson disclose rank on transcript, i.e. to colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are nuts. I am a Wilson parent and am not impressed. It is mediocre at best and yes, my kid has all As.
I wish we were at a Bethesda HS. Probably made a mistake not moving. My kid should get into a good college with his GPA but there is so much more to HS than getting As.

PP, you sound so much like a charter booster parent.

There are so many classes to choose from.
You want to take all AP's, you can do so after 9th grade.

About 15 students scored perfect on their ACT and SAT. Is that mediocre?

Then why aren't those 15 students on the Presidential scholar eligibility list, which is based entirely on scores? The list is supposed to be the top 40 scoring students who live in DC.

"All graduating high school seniors who are citizens of the United States or legal permanent residents, enrolled in either private or public high schools, and who have scored exceptionally well on either the SAT of the College Board or the ACT Assessment of the American College Testing Program on or before October of each year are automatically considered for participation.

The United States Department of Education then examines the test records for the top 30 males and top 30 females in each state/jurisdiction. The combined file of scores from the top male examinees and top female examinees are then ranked from high to low in each state. The scores associated with the top 20 male examinees and top 20 female examinees are used to identify the candidates in each state. When ties occur in the threshold score, more than 20 persons of that gender are invited in that state. In addition, each Chief State School Officer (CSSO) may nominate up to ten male and ten female candidates, residing in the CSSO's jurisdiction, based on their outstanding scholarship. Additionally, the program is partnering with several recognition organizations that will each nominate up to 10 candidates from their individual programs."

Anonymous wrote:You guys are nuts. I am a Wilson parent and am not impressed. It is mediocre at best and yes, my kid has all As.
I wish we were at a Bethesda HS. Probably made a mistake not moving. My kid should get into a good college with his GPA but there is so much more to HS than getting As.

PP, you sound so much like a charter booster parent.

There are so many classes to choose from.
You want to take all AP's, you can do so after 9th grade.

About 15 students scored perfect on their ACT and SAT. Is that mediocre?

It says nothing at all. Super smart and hard working students will do well at any school. There are at least a handful if not more of very impressive kids at Ballou. They should go far in life despite their subpar HS education.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2017/candidates.pdf

3 from Wilson?

Do you think 3 is too few or a lot?

What do you think it says about how the school supports its strongest students?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2017/candidates.pdf

3 from Wilson?

Do you think 3 is too few or a lot?

Too few for a basketball game. Too many for a date.

I agree with other posters that unfortunately the principal and administrators are focused on the bottom half of the school. The academic content, quality and rigor tend to be pretty low. There are some good teachers but many more mediocre and bad ones. It is important to focus on failing kids but you shouldn't completely ignore the high achievers either. Senior administrators at Wilson are pretty unimpressive. New teacher hires are generally not good which is pretty depressing. It is frustrating because the school has an interesting mix of kids and a lot of potential.

Anonymous wrote:https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2017/candidates.pdf

3 from Wilson?

Do you think 3 is too few or a lot?

Anonymous wrote:https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2017/candidates.pdf

3 from Wilson?

Last year's female winner was from Wilson.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you posters would like to dismiss all criticism of Wilson as being from MC parents. There are many Wilson parents who would like the school to be better and pay more attention to high achieving students. There is no reason Wilson cannot be on par with good high schools in other states. Unfortunately there is a lot of apathy and disinterest in Wilson from the central office and even Wilson administrators.

+1. I agree that the tone of some of the Wilson parents is overly negative, but the school does have a lot of issues. Standards all around are way too low (for students, teachers, and administrators). If you know other high-functioning schools well, it's hard to accept Wilson as it is. The principal has made clear that her focus is elsewhere; raising academic standards does not seem to appear anywhere on her agenda, let alone rank as a priority. My kid has straight As in a raft of AP classes and barely has to lift a finger. I'm afraid that his education in no way matches up to what kids are experiencing in the top public and private schools in the region, and I worry about how he will do in college.

And yes, we do think he's on track to get in to a very good college, but merit aid will play a large role in our decision, so he may well turn down a higher-ranked school for a nearly-as-good one that offers merit aid. That's just the reality when you're in our income bracket and have multiple children headed to college.

Good luck to you, PP. Appreciate your candor and pragmatism. Sounds like you want to hire a good college couch, and maybe a writing tutor and/or enroll the kid in summer programs emphasizing writing if you can afford it. I'm going to wager that your kid will land at a great college and thrive there, coming from such a grounded family.

https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2017/candidates.pdf

3 from Wilson?

Anonymous wrote:It is great to hear that some of you have good experiences at Wilson. My kid is in 10th grade and I worry that Wilson has made her jaded and cynical before her time. She is always having to argue with teachers and redo work because they lost her hw. She is a perfectionist and teachers get mad when she asks them why she got a B+ or A- in an exam because they always say you should be happy with your grade, we are worried about kids who are failing and don't have time for kids who are doing fine. She gets placed in random electives that she doesn't want and her counselor just shoos her off and says sorry, nothing can be done. English has been very weak in 9th and 10th which worries me because you need to be a good writer to do well in college. I guess some smart kids are able to do well in college despite their Wilson experience rather than because of it. I'm hoping that 11th grade will be better.

Never our experience and the bolded -- first I have ever heard of that. Very odd though it seems as though you may be getting this info from your child and as we all know as parents of teens. They lie - a lot. You can always reach out to a teacher or the counselor if you think there is a problem.