Arlington: 2018 college admissions

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Anonymous wrote:YHS had a paltry 2.5% admission rate to Ivies last year (3 acceptances out of 118 applications). I feel sorry for anyone who bought in North Arlington for the schools.

So? All of NoVA is bad.

Maybe FCPS had better luck?

It would be hard to do worse than Yorktown.

So you keep saying. Go do your homework instead of picking on rival HSs on a mommy forum.

The stigma of not getting in to TJ makes these McLean parents go nuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do you not get accepted to community college?

I'm very confused by this as well.

AND, due to the skyrocketing cost of college tuiton and Sue Orzman's rec's, going to community college for 2 years and then transferring for the last 2 years saves THOUSANDS of $s in student loans. Also, there is guaranteed admission from NVCC after 2 years to some State universities. This is why rates are high in many HSs.

I went to community college first and highly recommend it to everyone. I was able to work full time and had my own apartment and car and no debt. and had an amazing experience. I went on to a State university and law school. It all worked out well for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do you not get accepted to community college?

I'm very confused by this as well.

AND, due to the skyrocketing cost of college tuiton and Sue Orzman's rec's, going to community college for 2 years and then transferring for the last 2 years saves THOUSANDS of $s in student loans. Also, there is guaranteed admission from NVCC after 2 years to some State universities. This is why rates are high in many HSs.

I went to community college first and highly recommend it to everyone. I was able to work full time and had my own apartment and car and no debt. and had an amazing experience. I went on to a State university and law school. It all worked out well for me.

What type of work do you do now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YHS had a paltry 2.5% admission rate to Ivies last year (3 acceptances out of 118 applications). I feel sorry for anyone who bought in North Arlington for the schools.

So? All of NoVA is bad.

Maybe FCPS had better luck?

It would be hard to do worse than Yorktown.

So you keep saying. Go do your homework instead of picking on rival HSs on a mommy forum.

The stigma of not getting in to TJ makes these McLean parents go nuts.

Haha. Sure seems like it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YHS had a paltry 2.5% admission rate to Ivies last year (3 acceptances out of 118 applications). I feel sorry for anyone who bought in North Arlington for the schools.

So? All of NoVA is bad.

Maybe FCPS had better luck?

It would be hard to do worse than Yorktown.

So you keep saying. Go do your homework instead of picking on rival HSs on a mommy forum.

The stigma of not getting in to TJ makes these McLean parents go nuts.

Haha. Sure seems like it.

Why the need to deflect? TJ has a lot more kids from McLean than Arlington.

[Anonymous]

They did fine. A small percentage got into truly elite schools.

I think you folks don't understand the meaning of the word elite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YHS had a paltry 2.5% admission rate to Ivies last year (3 acceptances out of 118 applications). I feel sorry for anyone who bought in North Arlington for the schools.

So? All of NoVA is bad.

Maybe FCPS had better luck?

It would be hard to do worse than Yorktown.

So you keep saying. Go do your homework instead of picking on rival HSs on a mommy forum.

The stigma of not getting in to TJ makes these McLean parents go nuts.

Haha. Sure seems like it.

Why the need to deflect? TJ has a lot more kids from McLean than Arlington.

Ok. Let’s not deflect. Please explain why some teen (or mom?) repeatedly rags on Yorktown. Grudge? YHS girlfriend broke his heart? Pathetic, miserable person with nothing better to do?

Please explain why someone would take time out of their day to tear down a school, repeatedly.

[Anonymous]

My big takeaway is that too many people are applying to the ivies.

My kid just graduated from one of the North Arlington HS.

There were not nearly as many truly excellent students as there were applications to Duke and Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They did fine. A small percentage got into truly elite schools.

I think you folks don't understand the meaning of the word elite.

+1 What do they expect? Yes, you'll see a higher % at private schools but a lot of that is 1) the parents are alumni and their kids are getting the legacy boost and 2) closer relationships between private school college counselors and the Ivy admissions offices

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They did fine. A small percentage got into truly elite schools.

I think you folks don't understand the meaning of the word elite.

+1 What do they expect? Yes, you'll see a higher % at private schools but a lot of that is 1) the parents are alumni and their kids are getting the legacy boost and 2) closer relationships between private school college counselors and the Ivy admissions offices

You see a higher % in many other public schools. Bethesda. NY. NJ. MA.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale seems to really like Bethesda. Just about 12% of the kids that applied got in. Less than 1% of Arlington’s applicants got in.

What % of FCPS and ACPS got in?

Don't know about percentages, as I can't find a source for how many students applied, but at least two kids from TC Williams got into Yale this year, which is, of course, twice as many kids as Arlington's four high schools combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yale seems to really like Bethesda. Just about 12% of the kids that applied got in. Less than 1% of Arlington’s applicants got in.

These stats don't track legacy status (which people are likely to lie about in surveys anyway). Bethesda, Chevy Chase, et al. is full of old money Yale legacies. North Arlington, less so.

People don't realize that if you're white/Asian, and not a huge donor/legacy at the HYP, your chances of getting in are far, far worse than the publicly available data suggest.

Which is fine, because undergrad education at those places ranges from an afterthought to outright terrible.

Unless you're doing STEM, go to a selective liberal arts school. Ivies are for graduate school. And if you do the LA thing, you've probably got a better shot at that anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yale seems to really like Bethesda. Just about 12% of the kids that applied got in. Less than 1% of Arlington’s applicants got in.

What % of FCPS and ACPS got in?

Don't know about percentages, as I can't find a source for how many students applied, but at least two kids from TC Williams got into Yale this year, which is, of course, twice as many kids as Arlington's four high schools combined.

You don't actually know that, because the magazine's statistics aren't comprehensive. Last year I knew of two Yorktown grads' admissions that weren't reflected in the Arlington Magazine listing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yale seems to really like Bethesda. Just about 12% of the kids that applied got in. Less than 1% of Arlington’s applicants got in.

What % of FCPS and ACPS got in?

Don't know about percentages, as I can't find a source for how many students applied, but at least two kids from TC Williams got into Yale this year, which is, of course, twice as many kids as Arlington's four high schools combined.

You don't actually know that, because the magazine's statistics aren't comprehensive. Last year I knew of two Yorktown grads' admissions that weren't reflected in the Arlington Magazine listing.

True, I'm only going by what's been reported. But still, what's been reported is disturbing evidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yale seems to really like Bethesda. Just about 12% of the kids that applied got in. Less than 1% of Arlington’s applicants got in.

What % of FCPS and ACPS got in?

Don't know about percentages, as I can't find a source for how many students applied, but at least two kids from TC Williams got into Yale this year, which is, of course, twice as many kids as Arlington's four high schools combined.

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Please feel free to send your kids to TC Williams.