West Potomac college acceptances

[Anonymous]

What is the typical range of college admissions from this high school? Is there a small yearly cohort that go to highly selective colleges/universities like ivy/Stanford/MIT like those from other fcps high schools? are the students well prepared?

[Anonymous]

Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

Where did you get this information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

The numbers are similar at Yorktown, just next door in Arlington:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended
Yale : 2 admitted, 1 attended
Princeton: 4 admitted, 2 attended
Brown: 7 admitted, 3 attended
Cornell: 8 admitted, 4 attended
MIT: 1 admitted, 1 attended
Stanford: 4 admitted, 3 attended

[Anonymous]

What about west Potomac?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

Where did you get this information?

Naviance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

The numbers are similar at Yorktown, just next door in Arlington:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended
Yale : 2 admitted, 1 attended
Princeton: 4 admitted, 2 attended
Brown: 7 admitted, 3 attended
Cornell: 8 admitted, 4 attended
MIT: 1 admitted, 1 attended
Stanford: 4 admitted, 3 attended

Is this for one year or past five?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

Why would you not bother to look up Columbia, Penn and Dartmouth?

[Anonymous]

A small number of kids from TC are accepted to ivies every year. What about west Potomac? Is it similar??

[Anonymous]

Why is this important to you, op?

[Anonymous]

Because I'm deciding whether to send my kids to west Potomac. I want to know if it has students interested in applying to elite schools and whether the school helps them achieve their goal. My public high school did not and I have to believe it was because there was not any demand. I am on the lookout for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably a few, but not enough to make a cohort. McLean only has a few too. With the exception of TJ, this area really doesn't send many to Ivy or MIT or Stanford.

Last 5 years admitted and attended from McLean HS:

Harvard: 1 admitted and attended (2014)
Yale: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014
Princeton: 3 admitted 3 attended (2011, 2012, 2015)
Brown: 7 admitted 4 attended 2in 2015 and 2 in 2013
Cornell: 23 admitted 9 attended 3 in 2014, 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 and 1 in 2011
MIT: 6 admitted 2 attended in 2015, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2012 and 2 in 2011
Stanford: 3 admitted 1 attended in 2014

The number that apply to each of the above each year are in the teens out of class sizes near 500.

I didn't bother to look up the other Ivies.

Why would you not bother to look up Columbia, Penn and Dartmouth?

time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because I'm deciding whether to send my kids to west Potomac. I want to know if it has students interested in applying to elite schools and whether the school helps them achieve their goal. My public high school did not and I have to believe it was because there was not any demand. I am on the lookout for this.

If they don't at McLean they will not at West Potomac. The student has to have the drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I'm deciding whether to send my kids to west Potomac. I want to know if it has students interested in applying to elite schools and whether the school helps them achieve their goal. My public high school did not and I have to believe it was because there was not any demand. I am on the lookout for this.

If they don't at McLean they will not at West Potomac. The student has to have the drive.

Very true. This is all that matters for the ultra elite schools. If you were comparing West Po to TJ, I would say they would have a better chance of acceptance coming from West Potomac if they took the most advanced classes and had excellent grades. They would be up against less applications from their school.