College Admissions for 7 Top Montgomery County High Schools

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Anonymous wrote:The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.

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Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".

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Anonymous wrote:The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.

LOL

Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".

This is why a comparison to the national acceptance rate for all PUBLIC SCHOOL students would be more appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.

LOL

Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".

This is why a comparison to the national acceptance rate for all PUBLIC SCHOOL students would be more appropriate.

Shouldn't make too much difference since top 1% public school system would probably be better than most privates except for the exclusive private ones.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.

LOL

Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".

This is why a comparison to the national acceptance rate for all PUBLIC SCHOOL students would be more appropriate.

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The data for Winston Churchill looks pretty good!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.

LOL

Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".

This is why a comparison to the national acceptance rate for all PUBLIC SCHOOL students would be more appropriate.

Shouldn't make too much difference since top 1% public school system would probably be better than most privates except for the exclusive private ones.

I don't disagree with that, but there are a ton of kids from the most exclusive privates at these universities. I went to a top 20 (but not Ivy) for undergrad and there were a zillion kids from Choate, Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Sidwell and a dozen other exclusive privates there. The acceptance rate for these privates is far higher than for nearly every public school, and that skews the overall acceptance rate. That's why it really makes more sense, for comparison purposes, to compare MoCo schools to other publics that are also free.

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I thought it was a sad list. Kids from elite publics should be doing better.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the cold, hard reality of highly selective college admissions in 2015. Where it's "depressing" and "sad" that not even "elite" kids from specially privileged enclaves like Bethesda are spared from rejection rates exceeding 90%.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a decent set of results, though I'd expect more Dartmouth acceptances

[Anonymous]

Not the PP, but, yeah, I would actually expect that the 7 high schools representing one of the richest and best educated portions of the entire country would beat the spread by more than that.

By and large, students who apply to elite schools come from similarly wealthy and educated families all around the country. It's not like the pool of applicants to Harvard/Stanford/Yale/etc. is particularly representative of the general population of college applicants. Do you really think the kids from Bethesda are that demographically different from those coming from Lexington MA or Winnetka, IL or Scarsdale, NY or Palo Alto, CA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The data for Winston Churchill looks pretty good!

So, do all the others, including, *gasp* non W schools like RM and Blair. Yea, I know, they have magnets.

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Anonymous wrote:The data for Winston Churchill looks pretty good!

So, do all the others, including, *gasp* non W schools like RM and Blair. Yea, I know, they have magnets.

Shhh...don't ruin it for them. Let them keep believing in the superiority of these schools. Let them continue to trample each other for Ivies and top schools.

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You need to remember that these are not application schools, they draw from a wide range of people and a wider range of incomes than the private schools. The top 100-200 kids are probably equivalent to a top private school. Those kids have very good results. You also need to keep in mind that a decent number of kids actually want to go to Maryland, which is not the case at private schools. Many of their parents are UMD alums. And for a not insignificant number of families instate tuition is critical. Several of my DCs friends chose UMD over higher ranked schools because of money.

There are also swings from year to year. Someone mentioned Dartmouth - in my DCs class at least 4 kids went to Dartmouth and more were accepted. Other years it might be 1.

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Anonymous wrote:The data for Winston Churchill looks pretty good!

So, do all the others, including, *gasp* non W schools like RM and Blair. Yea, I know, they have magnets.

Shhh...don't ruin it for them. Let them keep believing in the superiority of these schools. Let them continue to trample each other for Ivies and top schools.

I have no vested in WC when I made the comment. I am just looking at the numbers and they have a higher acceptance rate to "top schools" than the others. Sure RM and Blair magnets will have high admit rates to these schools, but that is not school wide. Sorry, data don't lie

[Anonymous]

Odd that George Mason and James Madison have such high acceptance rates for these kids from an out of state county.