Are the Northeast colleges not as popular in the DMV?

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Anonymous wrote:This is from last year: data from where Bethesda students applied, accepted & chose to go:

https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

Op here. Thank you for the link. We live in McLean and zoned for Langley. UVA is so popular around here.

Of course UVA, UMD, VA Tech are the most popular public schools in VA and MD.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe that only one poster has commented on the FACT - not fiction - that most kids everywhere tend to go to college closer to home, and all that poster did was disagree with this FACT.

Am I on a Trump website where “alternative facts” are ok?

I just think the posters are in such a bubble and they don't realize it.

No, most families don't send their kids a plane ride away for college. It's only this area that seems to have many students going far away for college.

I grew up in DMV and most of the high achieving students went a plane ride away to college - and mostly to NE and Michigan/Chicago. A few went to UVA, Duke. Others who had money (or aid) stayed closer to home within driving distance: Delaware and smaller schools in PA, OH, NC. And a bunch went to MD. Now, all those kids are skewing far more to warm places in the south and west coast. I see so many more South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida than existed in my time. In all cases, they wanted warmer weather.

This is total and 100 percent unadulterated bullshit unless you went to an expensive private school, which again puts you in the minority and doesn’t make you even slightly typical or in any position to talk about the majority of the “high achieving students.”

It’s never been the case - never - where only a “few” high achieving students went to UVA, for example. Many of the top graduates of NOVA high schools have been going there for generations. That’s the most obvious example of what you clearly have gotten wrong.

So - not bullshit - we weren't NOVA. I went to a bottom tier MoCo HS that also happened to have a sizable cohort of very high achieving kids (it was not a magnet). At that time you had to be top 1 or 2 in class (or URM top 20) to be accepted to UVA or Duke. Nobody got into Duke. A couple got into UVA and went. Two went to Stanford & Princeton. The rest of the high stats kids went to places like Wash U, Emory, Carleton, Grinnell, Tulane, Michigan, NY (upstate and NYC), and a bunch went to schools in Boston. The only high achieving kids that didn't go far went to College Park for affordability. Otherwise - kids who were smart (but not elite) or middle of the road went to within the NC, VA, WVA, PA, DE, OH corridor if they could afford to or to UMD-CP if they couldn't (or didn't want to) pay to go away.

Ok, I’ll bite: what percentage of the class do you consider “high stats?” Five percent? Ten? Fifteen? Even at 15 that means the LARGE majority didn’t go to the schools you listed.

This is such an odd challenge on something that just doesn't matter! But the high stats kids at our school were the ones taking every AP class and honors class offered because if you were signed up for a regular class it was chaos and you'd be frustrated by misbehavior (and bored to death). We all knew each other. Like I said - we ALL went away except like 2 people. I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Then there were some kids who were in an AP or honors class here or there - or were getting good grades in the regular classes. Those were the kids I describe that either stayed at UMCP or within a one to two state drive. Why does this one example matter so much to you? I'm sure it's hard to imagine, as you probably were not a student in MCPS in the 80's at a low-tier HS. The world was very very different then and even at that school it changed within 5 years after we graduated - families with the high achievers started moving or going private instead of sending them to that school. (which is a shame)

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe that only one poster has commented on the FACT - not fiction - that most kids everywhere tend to go to college closer to home, and all that poster did was disagree with this FACT.

Am I on a Trump website where “alternative facts” are ok?

I just think the posters are in such a bubble and they don't realize it.

No, most families don't send their kids a plane ride away for college. It's only this area that seems to have many students going far away for college.

I grew up in DMV and most of the high achieving students went a plane ride away to college - and mostly to NE and Michigan/Chicago. A few went to UVA, Duke. Others who had money (or aid) stayed closer to home within driving distance: Delaware and smaller schools in PA, OH, NC. And a bunch went to MD. Now, all those kids are skewing far more to warm places in the south and west coast. I see so many more South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida than existed in my time. In all cases, they wanted warmer weather.

This is total and 100 percent unadulterated bullshit unless you went to an expensive private school, which again puts you in the minority and doesn’t make you even slightly typical or in any position to talk about the majority of the “high achieving students.”

It’s never been the case - never - where only a “few” high achieving students went to UVA, for example. Many of the top graduates of NOVA high schools have been going there for generations. That’s the most obvious example of what you clearly have gotten wrong.

NP here. Wow! A little too passionate!!

Yea maybe. I just hate when DCUM posters offer opinions and personal anecdotes as fact. It’s so annoying.

But reading her post a little more closely, the poster is likely from Maryland. That would explain why relative few of her “high achieving” classmates didn’t go to UVA and went elsewhere. Still, the large majority of MCPS graduates don’t and never have hopped on a plane for college either. It’s just inaccurate to suggest that there ever was a time where large numbers of DMV graduates hopped on planes to go to little private colleges in the NE.

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And - at my school it was absolutely the case that the high achievers mostly went far. (And sorry, but I do mean like 90+% most). But our school isn't really like what you are considering MCPS to be like now. It was a very mixed school in every way and there was a defined cohort of the highest achieving students. There were very few in that group who didn't have $$ to start or grades to get generous financial aid to go outside of UMCP. It's been a while I can think of about two that went to UMCP. In the next tier down of really smart kids or average kids - yes - more went to UMD because they didn't have $$ or didn't have quite the grades to get as generous aid packages. But the ones who had money went away (but closer away).

Either way - you seem pretty agitated. I never claimed my anecdote provided "fact", it was just an example. And how is an anecdote any less valid than you sharing your (angry) personal opinion? They are both equally singular and neither provides some sort of definitive answer for the OP.

Again, define “high stats.” Top 15 percent? That still leaves 85 percent of the kids who ain’t hopping on planes.

I am ONLY talking about the high stats kids - I made that clear from the start. I never said most kids from the school as a whole got on planes to go to college. I said "most high stats kids" did. Shoot - if you are talking about the school as a whole - there were plenty who didn't go to college after graduating HS.

The point of my contribution to this thread is that these high stats kids - both traveled and often went to school in NE. But NOW they have their own kids who are NOT going to the NE.

I'll also add that I went to school in the NE and all of my friends from that school that have kids in college, have kids that went south of where they currently live. My friends from Mass have kids in school in VA, MD, OH, CA and PA friends kids went to FL.

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Anonymous wrote:It's entertaining that someone is trying to pass off Bethesda as the entirety of the DMV. Nice try, but no.

What makes you think that it would be any different for other DMV cities/counties?

Why do you think Bethesda is special?

This is the statement to which multiple people have asked for citations:

"Northeastern and NYU were the most applied private schools from DMV area last year."

So far, the only link is to schools in Bethesda, which doesn't represent the DMV as a whole. That's the point - it's *not* special. It's just one small part of the DMV. Unless you can prove that the bolded statement is true by providing comprehensive citations, then you just look silly.

DP here. Your posts are certainly passionate in your hate. Just look it up - it is not that difficult.

You made the claim - if you want to be believed, the onus is on you to provide proof. And I don’t hate either of the schools mentioned! It’s just so obvious you’re a loony booster when you throw out nonsense but can’t back it up.

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Anonymous wrote:It's entertaining that someone is trying to pass off Bethesda as the entirety of the DMV. Nice try, but no.

What makes you think that it would be any different for other DMV cities/counties?

Why do you think Bethesda is special?

This is the statement to which multiple people have asked for citations:

"Northeastern and NYU were the most applied private schools from DMV area last year."

So far, the only link is to schools in Bethesda, which doesn't represent the DMV as a whole. That's the point - it's *not* special. It's just one small part of the DMV. Unless you can prove that the bolded statement is true by providing comprehensive citations, then you just look silly.

DP here. Your posts are certainly passionate in your hate. Just look it up - it is not that difficult.

You made the claim - if you want to be believed, the onus is on you to provide proof. And I don’t hate either of the schools mentioned! It’s just so obvious you’re a loony booster when you throw out nonsense but can’t back it up.

Oh I get it now you got ticked off by Northeastern LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe that only one poster has commented on the FACT - not fiction - that most kids everywhere tend to go to college closer to home, and all that poster did was disagree with this FACT.

Am I on a Trump website where “alternative facts” are ok?

I just think the posters are in such a bubble and they don't realize it.

No, most families don't send their kids a plane ride away for college. It's only this area that seems to have many students going far away for college.

I grew up in DMV and most of the high achieving students went a plane ride away to college - and mostly to NE and Michigan/Chicago. A few went to UVA, Duke. Others who had money (or aid) stayed closer to home within driving distance: Delaware and smaller schools in PA, OH, NC. And a bunch went to MD. Now, all those kids are skewing far more to warm places in the south and west coast. I see so many more South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida than existed in my time. In all cases, they wanted warmer weather.

This is total and 100 percent unadulterated bullshit unless you went to an expensive private school, which again puts you in the minority and doesn’t make you even slightly typical or in any position to talk about the majority of the “high achieving students.”

It’s never been the case - never - where only a “few” high achieving students went to UVA, for example. Many of the top graduates of NOVA high schools have been going there for generations. That’s the most obvious example of what you clearly have gotten wrong.

So - not bullshit - we weren't NOVA. I went to a bottom tier MoCo HS that also happened to have a sizable cohort of very high achieving kids (it was not a magnet). At that time you had to be top 1 or 2 in class (or URM top 20) to be accepted to UVA or Duke. Nobody got into Duke. A couple got into UVA and went. Two went to Stanford & Princeton. The rest of the high stats kids went to places like Wash U, Emory, Carleton, Grinnell, Tulane, Michigan, NY (upstate and NYC), and a bunch went to schools in Boston. The only high achieving kids that didn't go far went to College Park for affordability. Otherwise - kids who were smart (but not elite) or middle of the road went to within the NC, VA, WVA, PA, DE, OH corridor if they could afford to or to UMD-CP if they couldn't (or didn't want to) pay to go away.

Ok, I’ll bite: what percentage of the class do you consider “high stats?” Five percent? Ten? Fifteen? Even at 15 that means the LARGE majority didn’t go to the schools you listed.

This is such an odd challenge on something that just doesn't matter! But the high stats kids at our school were the ones taking every AP class and honors class offered because if you were signed up for a regular class it was chaos and you'd be frustrated by misbehavior (and bored to death). We all knew each other. Like I said - we ALL went away except like 2 people. I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Then there were some kids who were in an AP or honors class here or there - or were getting good grades in the regular classes. Those were the kids I describe that either stayed at UMCP or within a one to two state drive. Why does this one example matter so much to you? I'm sure it's hard to imagine, as you probably were not a student in MCPS in the 80's at a low-tier HS. The world was very very different then and even at that school it changed within 5 years after we graduated - families with the high achievers started moving or going private instead of sending them to that school. (which is a shame)

It certainly wasn’t that way in NOVA publics 20 years ago. Most top kids who didn’t get into Ivies (which of course was most of them) didn’t go to other NE privates. They went to UVA or William & Mary.

This isn’t anecdotal. The Post used to publish a list of where the valedictorians from local public and private schools were going to college. There were then (as there are now) multiple valedictorians in NOVA publics. I’d say being in that group is a good cut off for “high stats” kids. Here’s the list for Arlington and Alexandria publics and privates for 2004. As you’ll see, less than a handful went to non-Ivy privates north of Philadelphia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/07/08/public-high-school-valedictori/af5ed0f0-b7f6-4246-aab9-e5fd262ef93c/

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PP here. Here’s a link to the class of 2005 for the same schools. Same thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

So, no, it’s just not the case that it used to be that a lot of the “high stats” kids in NOVA used to go north and then stopped. Maybe that happened in Maryland since Maryland doesn’t have UVA or William & Mary, but it was never a NOVA thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Here’s a link to the class of 2005 for the same schools. Same thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

So, no, it’s just not the case that it used to be that a lot of the “high stats” kids in NOVA used to go north and then stopped. Maybe that happened in Maryland since Maryland doesn’t have UVA or William & Mary, but it was never a NOVA thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

Looks like it's the opposite.

People used to stay put in their state flagships like UVA UMD.
Now more people like to venture out to Northeast.
Schools like Tufts, BC, BU, NEU are significantly more difficult to get in compared to similarly ranked schools elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Here’s a link to the class of 2005 for the same schools. Same thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

So, no, it’s just not the case that it used to be that a lot of the “high stats” kids in NOVA used to go north and then stopped. Maybe that happened in Maryland since Maryland doesn’t have UVA or William & Mary, but it was never a NOVA thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/06/23/valedictorians/7bea3f3e-7c38-4916-a8e1-2699687a0f42/

Looks like it's the opposite.

People used to stay put in their state flagships like UVA UMD.
Now more people like to venture out to Northeast.
Schools like Tufts, BC, BU, NEU are significantly more difficult to get in compared to similarly ranked schools elsewhere.

Yea, it could be. I haven’t thought of it that way.

[Anonymous]

Part of this is the growth of southern cities as job centers compared to a generation ago. Back then Charlotte and Nashville and Austin and even Atlanta were regional towns that had a few transplants. Now they are major destinations. So you can go to an SEC-ish school and still get intern and job prospects.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's entertaining that someone is trying to pass off Bethesda as the entirety of the DMV. Nice try, but no.

What makes you think that it would be any different for other DMV cities/counties?

Why do you think Bethesda is special?

This is the statement to which multiple people have asked for citations:

"Northeastern and NYU were the most applied private schools from DMV area last year."

So far, the only link is to schools in Bethesda, which doesn't represent the DMV as a whole. That's the point - it's *not* special. It's just one small part of the DMV. Unless you can prove that the bolded statement is true by providing comprehensive citations, then you just look silly.

DP here. Your posts are certainly passionate in your hate. Just look it up - it is not that difficult.

You made the claim - if you want to be believed, the onus is on you to provide proof. And I don’t hate either of the schools mentioned! It’s just so obvious you’re a loony booster when you throw out nonsense but can’t back it up.

Oh I get it now you got ticked off by Northeastern LOL

Still no citations, I see! You must be the wacko Northeastern booster.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe that only one poster has commented on the FACT - not fiction - that most kids everywhere tend to go to college closer to home, and all that poster did was disagree with this FACT.

Am I on a Trump website where “alternative facts” are ok?

I just think the posters are in such a bubble and they don't realize it.

No, most families don't send their kids a plane ride away for college. It's only this area that seems to have many students going far away for college.

I grew up in DMV and most of the high achieving students went a plane ride away to college - and mostly to NE and Michigan/Chicago. A few went to UVA, Duke. Others who had money (or aid) stayed closer to home within driving distance: Delaware and smaller schools in PA, OH, NC. And a bunch went to MD. Now, all those kids are skewing far more to warm places in the south and west coast. I see so many more South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida than existed in my time. In all cases, they wanted warmer weather.

This is total and 100 percent unadulterated bullshit unless you went to an expensive private school, which again puts you in the minority and doesn’t make you even slightly typical or in any position to talk about the majority of the “high achieving students.”

It’s never been the case - never - where only a “few” high achieving students went to UVA, for example. Many of the top graduates of NOVA high schools have been going there for generations. That’s the most obvious example of what you clearly have gotten wrong.

So - not bullshit - we weren't NOVA. I went to a bottom tier MoCo HS that also happened to have a sizable cohort of very high achieving kids (it was not a magnet). At that time you had to be top 1 or 2 in class (or URM top 20) to be accepted to UVA or Duke. Nobody got into Duke. A couple got into UVA and went. Two went to Stanford & Princeton. The rest of the high stats kids went to places like Wash U, Emory, Carleton, Grinnell, Tulane, Michigan, NY (upstate and NYC), and a bunch went to schools in Boston. The only high achieving kids that didn't go far went to College Park for affordability. Otherwise - kids who were smart (but not elite) or middle of the road went to within the NC, VA, WVA, PA, DE, OH corridor if they could afford to or to UMD-CP if they couldn't (or didn't want to) pay to go away.

Ok, I’ll bite: what percentage of the class do you consider “high stats?” Five percent? Ten? Fifteen? Even at 15 that means the LARGE majority didn’t go to the schools you listed.

This is such an odd challenge on something that just doesn't matter! But the high stats kids at our school were the ones taking every AP class and honors class offered because if you were signed up for a regular class it was chaos and you'd be frustrated by misbehavior (and bored to death). We all knew each other. Like I said - we ALL went away except like 2 people. I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Then there were some kids who were in an AP or honors class here or there - or were getting good grades in the regular classes. Those were the kids I describe that either stayed at UMCP or within a one to two state drive. Why does this one example matter so much to you? I'm sure it's hard to imagine, as you probably were not a student in MCPS in the 80's at a low-tier HS. The world was very very different then and even at that school it changed within 5 years after we graduated - families with the high achievers started moving or going private instead of sending them to that school. (which is a shame)

It certainly wasn’t that way in NOVA publics 20 years ago. Most top kids who didn’t get into Ivies (which of course was most of them) didn’t go to other NE privates. They went to UVA or William & Mary.

This isn’t anecdotal. The Post used to publish a list of where the valedictorians from local public and private schools were going to college. There were then (as there are now) multiple valedictorians in NOVA publics. I’d say being in that group is a good cut off for “high stats” kids. Here’s the list for Arlington and Alexandria publics and privates for 2004. As you’ll see, less than a handful went to non-Ivy privates north of Philadelphia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/07/08/public-high-school-valedictori/af5ed0f0-b7f6-4246-aab9-e5fd262ef93c/

DP. You've posted this before. The link you provided is from 2004 (!!) - how on earth is this relevant to today? It also only shows Arlington schools. FCPS does NOT have valedictorians, and I don't think LCPS does either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's entertaining that someone is trying to pass off Bethesda as the entirety of the DMV. Nice try, but no.

What makes you think that it would be any different for other DMV cities/counties?

Why do you think Bethesda is special?

This is the statement to which multiple people have asked for citations:

"Northeastern and NYU were the most applied private schools from DMV area last year."

So far, the only link is to schools in Bethesda, which doesn't represent the DMV as a whole. That's the point - it's *not* special. It's just one small part of the DMV. Unless you can prove that the bolded statement is true by providing comprehensive citations, then you just look silly.

DP here. Your posts are certainly passionate in your hate. Just look it up - it is not that difficult.

NP here. I don't see any hate. PP has a definite point of view that may be in opposition to yours, but don't misconstrue or gaslight that that is somehow "hate." Good grief.

[Anonymous]

NP. DS from FCPS applied to a school in Cambridge and two in Boston. Denied, waitlisted and accepted. Decided to enroll at UMD. Offered a good chunk of merit but still about $15k more than UMD (received merit also).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe that only one poster has commented on the FACT - not fiction - that most kids everywhere tend to go to college closer to home, and all that poster did was disagree with this FACT.

Am I on a Trump website where “alternative facts” are ok?

I just think the posters are in such a bubble and they don't realize it.

No, most families don't send their kids a plane ride away for college. It's only this area that seems to have many students going far away for college.

I grew up in DMV and most of the high achieving students went a plane ride away to college - and mostly to NE and Michigan/Chicago. A few went to UVA, Duke. Others who had money (or aid) stayed closer to home within driving distance: Delaware and smaller schools in PA, OH, NC. And a bunch went to MD. Now, all those kids are skewing far more to warm places in the south and west coast. I see so many more South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Florida than existed in my time. In all cases, they wanted warmer weather.

This is total and 100 percent unadulterated bullshit unless you went to an expensive private school, which again puts you in the minority and doesn’t make you even slightly typical or in any position to talk about the majority of the “high achieving students.”

It’s never been the case - never - where only a “few” high achieving students went to UVA, for example. Many of the top graduates of NOVA high schools have been going there for generations. That’s the most obvious example of what you clearly have gotten wrong.

So - not bullshit - we weren't NOVA. I went to a bottom tier MoCo HS that also happened to have a sizable cohort of very high achieving kids (it was not a magnet). At that time you had to be top 1 or 2 in class (or URM top 20) to be accepted to UVA or Duke. Nobody got into Duke. A couple got into UVA and went. Two went to Stanford & Princeton. The rest of the high stats kids went to places like Wash U, Emory, Carleton, Grinnell, Tulane, Michigan, NY (upstate and NYC), and a bunch went to schools in Boston. The only high achieving kids that didn't go far went to College Park for affordability. Otherwise - kids who were smart (but not elite) or middle of the road went to within the NC, VA, WVA, PA, DE, OH corridor if they could afford to or to UMD-CP if they couldn't (or didn't want to) pay to go away.

Ok, I’ll bite: what percentage of the class do you consider “high stats?” Five percent? Ten? Fifteen? Even at 15 that means the LARGE majority didn’t go to the schools you listed.

This is such an odd challenge on something that just doesn't matter! But the high stats kids at our school were the ones taking every AP class and honors class offered because if you were signed up for a regular class it was chaos and you'd be frustrated by misbehavior (and bored to death). We all knew each other. Like I said - we ALL went away except like 2 people. I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Then there were some kids who were in an AP or honors class here or there - or were getting good grades in the regular classes. Those were the kids I describe that either stayed at UMCP or within a one to two state drive. Why does this one example matter so much to you? I'm sure it's hard to imagine, as you probably were not a student in MCPS in the 80's at a low-tier HS. The world was very very different then and even at that school it changed within 5 years after we graduated - families with the high achievers started moving or going private instead of sending them to that school. (which is a shame)

It certainly wasn’t that way in NOVA publics 20 years ago. Most top kids who didn’t get into Ivies (which of course was most of them) didn’t go to other NE privates. They went to UVA or William & Mary.

This isn’t anecdotal. The Post used to publish a list of where the valedictorians from local public and private schools were going to college. There were then (as there are now) multiple valedictorians in NOVA publics. I’d say being in that group is a good cut off for “high stats” kids. Here’s the list for Arlington and Alexandria publics and privates for 2004. As you’ll see, less than a handful went to non-Ivy privates north of Philadelphia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/07/08/public-high-school-valedictori/af5ed0f0-b7f6-4246-aab9-e5fd262ef93c/

DP. You've posted this before. The link you provided is from 2004 (!!) - how on earth is this relevant to today? It also only shows Arlington schools. FCPS does NOT have valedictorians, and I don't think LCPS does either.

No, I’ve never posted this before, and your response shows that you’re not even paying attention to this thread.

I didn’t post this to talk about “today” - I posted it because another poster was talking about how things used to be - the claim being that kids USED to flock to the NE and now they don’t - and this post refutes that claim. In fact, it’s the only non-anecdotal evidence on this thread.

Also, yes I know that Fairfax and Loudoun don’t have valedictorians now and probably didn’t then. That doesn’t change the fact that high achieving students from those districts were and are more likely to follow the college tracks of high achieving Arlington and Alexandria students than Montgomery County students.