Arlington High School College Acceptances
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Anonymous
| Most Fairfax schools are still larger than the Arliington schools. So those college figures would be different. Arlington schools are growing though and will catch up in a few years. |
Anonymous
| Is college acceptance information available for Fairfax county schools? |
Anonymous
I don't know if any school system provides specific info on college acceptances. But the high school newspapers usually publish where the seniors are going to college in the fall. |
Anonymous
| Are these acceptances or attending? What I mean is, could there be a higher number accepted to a school (like UVA) than the number of students who decided to enroll? Our school only list schools attending, not accepted. |
Anonymous
| Wow - not many Ivies at all for such a big school! I guess things have changed over the years, but my little, nothing special HS in NJ had at least 3x more Ivy attendees my year. Plus other great schools. Weird. |
Anonymous
Ok I'm a little slow this morning. Obviously done of the students that would have otherwise attended Ivies opted for UVa/in-state tuition. |
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| ^ done = some |
Anonymous
Not sure that the Ivies have quite the same lure in NoVa as in parts further north. I know the year that I graduated three of my classmates turned down Penn to attend other schools, and why would anyone who could get in-state tuition at U.VA or W&M even bother to apply to Cornell? |
Anonymous
Yeah - I guess if you are going to go to a state school you might as well get in-state tuition. 
I also have noticed that some people that I've met from the South are really into some small, obscure (to me, at least) liberal arts colleges that I've never heard of before. So I guess Ivies are somewhat a regional thing. |
Anonymous
These figures represent the schools students are attending. Public schools don't generally report acceptances. W-L is not that big compared to many other schools in Fairfax County. TC Williams, the largest high school in the state, has ten seniors this year going to ivy league schools and about 40 going to UVA. Also, keep in mind that TC Williams does not lose its smartest students to TJ unlike in Arlington and Farifax Counties. Comparing Woodson, Robinson, TC Williams, and other large schools to smaller, under-2000 student Arlington schools like W-L or Yorktown doesn't make much sense. Unless anyone can prove me wrong, I believe about 5 ivy league bound students from an under 2000-student high school in Northern Virginia is pretty good. McLean High School has about 6 students headed to the ivies. W-L has 5, and I'm sure Yorktown is similar. |
Anonymous
Around five Ive League attendees per graduating class is average for the schools in the wealthier Northern Virginia suburbs. But the figure fluctuates. Some pick UVA or W&M over the ivy league. |
Anonymous
Wow - that just seems so low, but I guess once you add in some that attended in-state it could have been more. Maybe acceptances would be an more interesting stat. |
Anonymous
Is that really true for FCC HS, McLean, Langley, Yorktown? |
Anonymous
Sounds about right. All these schools are under 2000 students. McLean has six students headed to Ivies this fall. Another turned down Brown for U.Va. and I suspect others may have turned down Cornell. If you added back the TJ students to their in-boundary schools, the numbers at those four schools usually would be higher. Compare that to a school in New Jersey, where Rutgers doesn't have as good of a reputation as even Penn State (pre-scandal) or Pitt, much less U.Va or W&M. In any event, there are lots of good schools besides the Ivies and a handful of publics. I was surprised that W-L wasn't sending more kids to U.Va. this year, but overall it seems the graduates fared well. |
Anonymous
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Oh right, forgot about the TJ factor too.
It was a long time ago, but my fairly average, small school (a nudge over 1000 kids) in NJ sent ~15 kids to Ivies (granted the bulk went to Penn and Cornell). And more to other top schools (Northwestern, MIT, Swarthmore, etc). And even more that turned down top schools to take full scholarships at Rutgers (or similar). The area wasn't as affluent as NoVA. I guess the TJ factor plus the great VA state schools really make a big difference. Or times have changed? Anyway, I just found it really surprising/fascinating. |