% of students from your nova hs admitted to UVA

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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...

Not that I disagree that it's better not to have HS kids so stressed, overworked, etc. but frankly it's more than a shame that outstanding in-state students don't have a chance to get into their own state's flagship university. UVA is a well-regarded and nationally ranked school, but for many parents we still look at the lens of in-state tuition vs. OOS and it's tough knowing your high-achieving kid still has little chance to attend.

Bright side: we have many more options than other states...

Tech
JMU
Etc...

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A VT or JMU student from Nova could have gone to a much higher ranked school out of state.

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Anonymous wrote:A VT or JMU student from Nova could have gone to a much higher ranked school out of state.

No one is stopping them.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as number of APs/IBs, it's the same story. UVA and other very selective colleges tell prospective students that they expect applicants to be taking the most challenging classes at their high school. So if a high school sets a limit at say 2 a year, UVA expects you to take 2. If your high school has no limit and your peers are taking 4+ AP/IB a year, UVA expects you to be taking 4+.

Which is why these people who insist DS or DD needs 10-12 APs to get into UVA and the like are making things worse. There are very real conversations, as I'm sure some of you know, about putting some limits on how many APs students can take so we can get some balance back into kids' lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Not that I disagree that it's better not to have HS kids so stressed, overworked, etc. but frankly it's more than a shame that outstanding in-state students don't have a chance to get into their own state's flagship university. UVA is a well-regarded and nationally ranked school, but for many parents we still look at the lens of in-state tuition vs. OOS and it's tough knowing your high-achieving kid still has little chance to attend.

Virginia doesn't technically have a state flagship. Please stop acting like UVA is as tough as an Ivy or Stanford to get into. What percent did Stanford admit last year? 5%? UVA admitted 40% for in-state?

Yes, it's a great school, but let's not make our kids think it's the only acceptable in-state option. There are other schools in the state that are ranked well and well-regarded.

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UVA admitted 40% for in-state?

From Northern Virginia high schools - it's like 3%

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Anonymous wrote:

UVA admitted 40% for in-state?

From Northern Virginia high schools - it's like 3%

hh

Wrong, read through the thread for some of the actual stats.

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Anonymous wrote: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

These numbers establish that applicants from this school have a good chance at getting in.

Marshall HS numbers:
Class Apply Admit Enroll
2016 97 27 14
2015 74 25 15
2014 110 39 28
2013 66 24 15
2012 110 36 28
2011 71 26 13
2010 76 36 25
Fewer students apply to UVA (I attribute this to higher numbers of minorities and low-income students at Marshall), but % of acceptances is not that different from McLean HS.

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The stats in the new Arlington Magazine report admit rates for UVA are:

H-B: 41% (12 accepted/29 applied)
W-L: 34% (48/140)
Yorktown: 34% (40/118)
Wakefield: 26% (9/35)

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Anonymous wrote:The stats in the new Arlington Magazine report admit rates for UVA are:

H-B: 41% (12 accepted/29 applied)
W-L: 34% (48/140)
Yorktown: 34% (40/118)
Wakefield: 26% (9/35)

These are great stats. It sounds like you have a good shot of being admitted if you are in the top 10-20% of your class which is great for such a highly ranked school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The stats in the new Arlington Magazine report admit rates for UVA are:

H-B: 41% (12 accepted/29 applied)
W-L: 34% (48/140)
Yorktown: 34% (40/118)
Wakefield: 26% (9/35)

These are great stats. It sounds like you have a good shot of being admitted if you are in the top 10-20% of your class which is great for such a highly ranked school.

This is true of most of the well ranked schools in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that I disagree that it's better not to have HS kids so stressed, overworked, etc. but frankly it's more than a shame that outstanding in-state students don't have a chance to get into their own state's flagship university. UVA is a well-regarded and nationally ranked school, but for many parents we still look at the lens of in-state tuition vs. OOS and it's tough knowing your high-achieving kid still has little chance to attend.

Virginia doesn't technically have a state flagship. Please stop acting like UVA is as tough as an Ivy or Stanford to get into. What percent did Stanford admit last year? 5%? UVA admitted 40% for in-state?

Yes, it's a great school, but let's not make our kids think it's the only acceptable in-state option. There are other schools in the state that are ranked well and well-regarded.

It's commonly regarded as the state flagship. William and Mary is also a Public Ivy, but is much smaller and not exactly a full research u. After those two,the options get bad.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The stats in the new Arlington Magazine report admit rates for UVA are:

H-B: 41% (12 accepted/29 applied)
W-L: 34% (48/140)
Yorktown: 34% (40/118)
Wakefield: 26% (9/35)

These are great stats. It sounds like you have a good shot of being admitted if you are in the top 10-20% of your class which is great for such a highly ranked school.

This is true of most of the well ranked schools in the area.

It's true for UVA. UVA's acceptance rate is about 35% which means 1 out of 3 applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The stats in the new Arlington Magazine report admit rates for UVA are:

H-B: 41% (12 accepted/29 applied)
W-L: 34% (48/140)
Yorktown: 34% (40/118)
Wakefield: 26% (9/35)

These are great stats. It sounds like you have a good shot of being admitted if you are in the top 10-20% of your class which is great for such a highly ranked school.

This is true of most of the well ranked schools in the area.

It's true for UVA. UVA's acceptance rate is about 35% which means 1 out of 3 applicants.

It's easier to be the 1 in 3 from some schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that I disagree that it's better not to have HS kids so stressed, overworked, etc. but frankly it's more than a shame that outstanding in-state students don't have a chance to get into their own state's flagship university. UVA is a well-regarded and nationally ranked school, but for many parents we still look at the lens of in-state tuition vs. OOS and it's tough knowing your high-achieving kid still has little chance to attend.

Virginia doesn't technically have a state flagship. Please stop acting like UVA is as tough as an Ivy or Stanford to get into. What percent did Stanford admit last year? 5%? UVA admitted 40% for in-state?

Yes, it's a great school, but let's not make our kids think it's the only acceptable in-state option. There are other schools in the state that are ranked well and well-regarded.

It's commonly regarded as the state flagship. William and Mary is also a Public Ivy, but is much smaller and not exactly a full research u. After those two,the options get bad.

How ridiculous. Virginia has plenty of excellent colleges. UVA and W&M are two of them, but so are JMU, Tech, UMW, George Mason, etc. There are no "bad" options there.