College Admission Results from NOVA Public Schools in 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re not all hooked. I was also thinking the same that it’s very impressive… we used to live in the McLean pyramid so it’s great to see where the kids are going. Our non DMV public had a great early round too.

No one said they are all hooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re not all hooked. I was also thinking the same that it’s very impressive… we used to live in the McLean pyramid so it’s great to see where the kids are going. Our non DMV public had a great early round too.

No one said they are all hooked.

Ok they said "many are hooked"

[Anonymous]

Everything looks impressive in the early round, because no one commits to a compromise school in December.

And also, every school looks better when associated with a happy young person who is excited to enroll there.

[Anonymous]

DS knows of a kid who applied to both Harvard and Stanford REA and got into both... who knows what will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS knows of a kid who applied to both Harvard and Stanford REA and got into both... who knows what will happen.

Maybe someone will report and he’ll go to neither.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS knows of a kid who applied to both Harvard and Stanford REA and got into both... who knows what will happen.

Your son is confused, lying or you are one of those things. The HS isn’t sending transcripts to two rea schools and the rea app requires a hs counselor (and parent) to sign off on the rea app. For your story to be true, the kid, his parent, HS counselor, and HS college counseloR (transcript sender) would have to be in on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS knows of a kid who applied to both Harvard and Stanford REA and got into both... who knows what will happen.

Your son is confused, lying or you are one of those things. The HS isn’t sending transcripts to two rea schools and the rea app requires a hs counselor (and parent) to sign off on the rea app. For your story to be true, the kid, his parent, HS counselor, and HS college counseloR (transcript sender) would have to be in on it.

I don’t see how that’s hard to believe. Kids and parents understand that this is an unfair, arbitrary game and are looking for every advantage. High school counselors are overworked and underpaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS knows of a kid who applied to both Harvard and Stanford REA and got into both... who knows what will happen.

Your son is confused, lying or you are one of those things. The HS isn’t sending transcripts to two rea schools and the rea app requires a hs counselor (and parent) to sign off on the rea app. For your story to be true, the kid, his parent, HS counselor, and HS college counseloR (transcript sender) would have to be in on it.

I don’t see how that’s hard to believe. Kids and parents understand that this is an unfair, arbitrary game and are looking for every advantage. High school counselors are overworked and underpaid.

So counselors are going to just add more work by signing off on it 2x and the counselor and college counselor are willingly letting each other know they are violating the rules of rea? This did not happen.

[Anonymous]

Counselor does not sign off on REA, just ED. The cheaters have found a loophole. Will a peer report it…maybe. The kid is playing a risky game. I know several seniors who also did this…

[Anonymous]

Transcript gets sent once, to Common App. So the counselor/school would not know. The rec letter writers will not know. But if the college finds out they will reject the applicant, even after the fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone else been pleasantly surprised by the early admission results from NOVA public schools this year? The early results from Arlington County and Fairfax look great. I see a number of admissions to Ivy League schools and other top 20 schools, UVA, etc. Has it always been this way and I am only now noticing?

What are you being this on? Instagram? Let’s just say none of that is statistically significant.

I can’t believe people have time to look at this as much as they do. I only care about what happens to my kids.

People are obsessed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s actually amazing how many kids managed to get into UVA from FCPS schools, considering how impossible it has become.

Wouldn’t that be typical, accepting the local kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Counselor does not sign off on REA, just ED. The cheaters have found a loophole. Will a peer report it…maybe. The kid is playing a risky game. I know several seniors who also did this…

They’ll stay in the area they grew up in, become politicians, lobbyists or staff for the worst kind of politicians, the ones comfortable with lying. Especially the ones whose parent encouraged this scamming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Transcript gets sent once, to Common App. So the counselor/school would not know. The rec letter writers will not know. But if the college finds out they will reject the applicant, even after the fact.

This is not correct. Schools need to send - and do send - all first term grades - and ask for the schools applied to and how applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re not all hooked. I was also thinking the same that it’s very impressive… we used to live in the McLean pyramid so it’s great to see where the kids are going. Our non DMV public had a great early round too.

DD is unhooked. Headed to UVA from same pyramid.