College admissions from APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you protest too much. Yorktown once was considered one of the three top public schools in the DC region. For whatever reason, it's not even close to being in that category any longer, and no one really believes families in North Arlington, which has actually gotten wealthier, are indifferent about this.

+1000 !

Is there anything that APS PTAs or parents can do to right this ship w/r/t college placement? This CAN change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's considered a program and not a separate school, but how do H-B college acceptance rates compare to Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield? Acceptance to top colleges that is.

Over each of the past 5+ years, HBW fares marginally better than W-L or Yorktown, but not as well as Langley or McLean or Wilson (in DC) and markedly worse than Walt Whitman or Churchill in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Not true-- I know of two that went to Duke. Is Duke not an ivy?

Lots of Duke parents in North Arlington. If their kids are in APS, they may be surprised to see just how slim their own kids' chances are to get into Duke, even with 4.2+ GPAs. It's a rude awakening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

Duke is not an Ivy!!!!!! Three kids from TC Williams also got into Duke, by the way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

That's more encouraging, although if those are acceptances and not matriculations, this may comprise only 6 actual students. Regardless, for a graduating class of 500+ where almost everyone goes onto college, these rates are really low.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

That's more encouraging, although if those are acceptances and not matriculations, this may comprise only 6 actual students. Regardless, for a graduating class of 500+ where almost everyone goes onto college, these rates are really low.

YHS parent here. I know plenty of folks who think that if their kid doesn't get into HYP, UVA is the second choice. They see no reason to pay more. I don't share this belief, but it is prevalent, and can explain much of what you see.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

That's more encouraging, although if those are acceptances and not matriculations, this may comprise only 6 actual students. Regardless, for a graduating class of 500+ where almost everyone goes onto college, these rates are really low.

W-L is better. you have options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

Good to know that the magazine data shared earlier in the thread isn't reliable.

[Anonymous]

Does Naviance show matriculations or acceptances (or both)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

Duke is not an Ivy!!!!!! Three kids from TC Williams also got into Duke, by the way.

How many are URM? The hook is more important than the school.

[Anonymous]

Arlington Magazine reported 4 out of 28 YHS applicants from class of 2017 were admitted to Cornell. 0/9 at Columbia; 0/10 at Harvard; 1/12 at Princeton; 0/12 at Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

That's more encouraging, although if those are acceptances and not matriculations, this may comprise only 6 actual students. Regardless, for a graduating class of 500+ where almost everyone goes onto college, these rates are really low.

YHS parent here. I know plenty of folks who think that if their kid doesn't get into HYP, UVA is the second choice. They see no reason to pay more. I don't share this belief, but it is prevalent, and can explain much of what you see.

Another YHS parent here. Many folks I know with more than two kids, won't even entertain out-of-state options. One good friend had two out of four kids at top of class. Both went to UVA and didn't even apply out of state. One had perfect SAT scores (along with other stellar accomplishments) and could have gone anywhere. He is now working at the top of his field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington Magazine reported 4 out of 28 YHS applicants from class of 2017 were admitted to Cornell. 0/9 at Columbia; 0/10 at Harvard; 1/12 at Princeton; 0/12 at Yale.

That's based on self-reported data, and it's entirely possible that other kids who were admitted to those schools chose not to report.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?

One (1) - Dartmouth.

Ouch. That's lower than TC Williams.

And it's also not true. Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.

Duke is not an Ivy!!!!!! Three kids from TC Williams also got into Duke, by the way.

How many are URM? The hook is more important than the school.

Don't know the answer. But I just looked and saw that two kids from TC's class of 2017 got accepted into Princeton. Only one kid from all the APS high schools got into Princeton. Hook or no hook, APS needs to do better.