High school SAT scores in Northern Virginia (2016)
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Anonymous
A valedictorian is better than a low rank at a big school. Being a smart kid in a good school system, but not strong individual school means getting more attention and smaller AP groups. Teachers are just as good--hired by APS/Fairfax. A poor school system is something else entirely. |
Anonymous
Don't have the Quota issue either... |
Anonymous
Sounds right. |
Anonymous
A weak school in a generally strong system still has to worry about SOL scores and maintaining its accreditation, so the primary focus at those schools is on basic competency and graduation rates. A kid who is brilliant may stand out there, but the average and above average end up under-performing relative to how they'd have done at the schools that have to try and get a large number of kids just to show up and pass. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
It's proven every spring. UVA takes from the top 10 percent of every school and roughly 30 percent of qualified applicants. Much easier to get into that group from a school like Wakefield. Less kids get in, but less apply. Your kids odds are better from mount vernon if they've got great grades, scores and activities. I don't have a kid in one of those schools, but those types of schools are what we are targeting in our home search. We are talking about good school systems. I would not be so cavalier in DCPS. |
Anonymous
They are "soft" quotas and not really by HS just by region, but McLean seems to get around 50 admits each year. |
Anonymous
Roughly the same PERCENTAGE of kids are accepted from both Yorktown and Wakefield. |
Anonymous
Hello in there  '!! Your kid has a greater chance of BEING in that percentage at Wakefield. Less fellow qualified students trying to get a piece of the pie.
That is what people mean by quotas. DUH. |
Anonymous
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In real life, no one games admissions this way, not are similar numbers or percentages admitted to schools like U.Va. from each area school. To the extent there are quotas, they are regional rather than school-based.
The last time Arlington Magazine had a story on college admissions, it showed the number getting into top schools from Wakefield was far below the numbers from Yorktown and W-L. |
Anonymous
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Yawn hey guess what if you group the schools by average household income..... you get the exact same list in the exact same order
Our schools are so great..... not |
Anonymous
That's because the best students from the Wakefield attendance area have been transferring into IB at W-L or accepting spots at HB, and more rarely TJHS. But now there are way more kids than spots available so I don't expect this to remain an issue. Why bring this up now? And repeatedly in multiple threads? Is it because you're afraid of the boundary change headed your way? Your kid will be fine at Wakefield. You child will have no less (and probably no greater a chance) of attending a top university whether they go to Yorktown, W-L, or Wakefield. |
Anonymous
It's not that linear, nor would a correlation detract from the high quality of the best schools. |
Anonymous
I disagree. I think the odds are actually better from Wakefield. It's easier to be in the top 2 percent there. |
Anonymous
The evidence I've seen suggests just the opposite. No one sends their kid to a school where they'll be ignored in favor of the FARMS and ESOL kids hoping that, by standing out, their snowflake will have an easier path to a top school. Usually, it's only when the top kids from schools like Wakefield apply to schools, they start to realize that they have credentials that appear very average to admissions officers. But, in any event, if you have evidence to the contrary, get Arlington Magazine to do an update for the Class of 2016. |