% of students from your nova hs admitted to UVA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Beloit in Wisconsin with an amazing scholarship and thrilled to be far away from all the crazy competitiveness of this area and around what he describes as "normal people." It may not have the same reputation (he had a couple other choices of more "prestigious" schools) but he didn't care about that. His professors know him very well, they are as much a part of his college learning experience inside the classroom as outside, have helped him get great research opportunities and even alumni from his major have reached out and helped him along the way. While he always has been an excellent student it has been so wonderful as a parent to watch him find his passion and be in an environment that motivates and encourages him. And so far the one at UVA is happy too so it's all worked out just fine.

Wow. You have a huge chip on your should about where your son goes to college. It's not about you!

What the hell is your problem? I asked them where their kid landed and they gave a nice summation. Go troll elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Beloit in Wisconsin with an amazing scholarship and thrilled to be far away from all the crazy competitiveness of this area and around what he describes as "normal people." It may not have the same reputation (he had a couple other choices of more "prestigious" schools) but he didn't care about that. His professors know him very well, they are as much a part of his college learning experience inside the classroom as outside, have helped him get great research opportunities and even alumni from his major have reached out and helped him along the way. While he always has been an excellent student it has been so wonderful as a parent to watch him find his passion and be in an environment that motivates and encourages him. And so far the one at UVA is happy too so it's all worked out just fine.

Wow. You have a huge chip on your should about where your son goes to college. It's not about you!

Just stop. I appreciate this amount of detailed info.
I hope the poster doesn't answer about which was higher GPA/test score. Too easy to ID kids.
Thanks for sharing, PP.

If I had a chip on my shoulder I never would have identified the other college as Beloit. Sure, UVA is great but there are plenty of other options that are just as good if your very smart kid who worked their butt off doesn't get in despite having the grades and scores. There is already way too much pressure on nova high schoolers to get into UVA - come on - 10-12 AP and IB classes (plus you need As in them), kids getting 4 hours of sleep many school nights due to the workload, not taking band or art because they don't get the added bump to their GPA - that is nuts and it was hard as a parent to witness some of that.

And nope, not going to provide any more details about the DC.

[Anonymous]

Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes. I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes. I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.

The nova applicants are competing against other seniors in their high school or maybe from other nova. They are not competing against kids from Roanoke who only took 4 AP classes.

[Anonymous]

That's kind of the point of this thread. If approx 30% of every high schools applicants get in, it might be easier to crack that percentage depending on the school. I imagine that group might look a little different school to school.
Maybe at Langley it's 12 AP's, but at Stuart 4 is fine.
There is a lot of flaming different schools on this board, and talk of the coveted pyramids, but I think people are creating problems for themselves. I'd rather have a well rounded child, that is healthy, well rested, and developing other interests. A child that isn't unnecessarily stressed and enjoys their time at school. I truly don't think there is much difference in the quality of instruction between Yorktown and Annandale. Seems the extra curriculars and other opportunities are abundant all across nova.
Seems people are placing pride and home value first. Perhaps the "best" school, isn't the smartest choice...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's kind of the point of this thread. If approx 30% of every high schools applicants get in, it might be easier to crack that percentage depending on the school. I imagine that group might look a little different school to school.
Maybe at Langley it's 12 AP's, but at Stuart 4 is fine.
There is a lot of flaming different schools on this board, and talk of the coveted pyramids, but I think people are creating problems for themselves. I'd rather have a well rounded child, that is healthy, well rested, and developing other interests. A child that isn't unnecessarily stressed and enjoys their time at school. I truly don't think there is much difference in the quality of instruction between Yorktown and Annandale. Seems the extra curriculars and other opportunities are abundant all across nova.
Seems people are placing pride and home value first. Perhaps the "best" school, isn't the smartest choice...

Langley parent here: kids do not take 12 APs at Langley. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:25% - Wakefield high school in Arlington. The last couple of years, but seems to be trending up.

25% of Wakefield gets into UVA? That seems very high.

[Anonymous]

UVA for McLean HS: The class size has been around 500 recently. For the past few years, about 10% of the class gets admitted to UVA.


Year/Apply/Admit/Enroll
2016. 163. 56. 35
2015. 134. 50. 31
2014. 138. 54. 33
2013 142. 47. 29
2012. 107. 37. 27
2011. 111. 50. 37
2010. 93. 31. 16

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's kind of the point of this thread. If approx 30% of every high schools applicants get in, it might be easier to crack that percentage depending on the school. I imagine that group might look a little different school to school.
Maybe at Langley it's 12 AP's, but at Stuart 4 is fine.
There is a lot of flaming different schools on this board, and talk of the coveted pyramids, but I think people are creating problems for themselves. I'd rather have a well rounded child, that is healthy, well rested, and developing other interests. A child that isn't unnecessarily stressed and enjoys their time at school. I truly don't think there is much difference in the quality of instruction between Yorktown and Annandale. Seems the extra curriculars and other opportunities are abundant all across nova.
Seems people are placing pride and home value first. Perhaps the "best" school, isn't the smartest choice...

Langley parent here: kids do not take 12 APs at Langley. Not even close.

+1 for McLean too. I would say most that would be applying to the UVAs and W&M take 6-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:25% - Wakefield high school in Arlington. The last couple of years, but seems to be trending up.

25% of Wakefield gets into UVA? That seems very high.

It's a very small number that even applies. Something like 30 students, and that is up from 2008 when it about 8 that applied.

[Anonymous]

Top 10% of the class to have a serious shot. Extended to top 15% if an unusual circumstance.

Students outside the top 20% don't bother applying

And yes, even if school systems say they don't rank, a hierarchy exsists

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 10% of the class to have a serious shot. Extended to top 15% if an unusual circumstance.

Students outside the top 20% don't bother applying

And yes, even if school systems say they don't rank, a hierarchy exsists

The numbers say 20-30%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 10% of the class to have a serious shot. Extended to top 15% if an unusual circumstance.

Students outside the top 20% don't bother applying

And yes, even if school systems say they don't rank, a hierarchy exsists

The numbers say 20-30%.

20-30% what? Get into Uva? Looking at the McLean HS stats that someone posted, it looks like it's 10%. We're at McLean as well, and 10% getting admitted sounds about right. Somehow, that number seems to stay consistent every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's kind of the point of this thread. If approx 30% of every high schools applicants get in, it might be easier to crack that percentage depending on the school. I imagine that group might look a little different school to school.
Maybe at Langley it's 12 AP's, but at Stuart 4 is fine.
There is a lot of flaming different schools on this board, and talk of the coveted pyramids, but I think people are creating problems for themselves. I'd rather have a well rounded child, that is healthy, well rested, and developing other interests. A child that isn't unnecessarily stressed and enjoys their time at school. I truly don't think there is much difference in the quality of instruction between Yorktown and Annandale. Seems the extra curriculars and other opportunities are abundant all across nova.
Seems people are placing pride and home value first. Perhaps the "best" school, isn't the smartest choice...

Stuart and Annandale are IB, not AP, and send far fewer kids to UVA than Langley and Yorktown.