UVA admissions from NOVA public schools

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Anonymous wrote:In 2021-22, UVA accepted 1320 kids from Fairfax County. Thirty high schools so 44 kids per high school. 656 enrolled so ~22 per high school.

You’re not counting the 34 private high schools in Fairfax (not to mention Fairfax County kids who go to privates in other jurisdictions, like SSSAS). My DC’s private usually has 15-20 kids go to UVA. The number admitted per school is probably more like 15.

Langley and McLean High definitely have ~50. I think schools like Edison, Justice, Annandale will have only a handful.

Looking at Naviance from my kids FCPS HS now, from 2018-2021, 441 acceptances out of 1275 apps. Average 100 a year. That's probably 40-50 a year enrolled.

Which high school?

I’m not familiar with Naviance. 100 acceptances from even schools like Langley and McLean seems high.

Oakton. Out of 1275 apps that's 34% acceptance rate. Assume graduating class of 650 that's 15%. Doesn't sound that far off. I'm sure 2018 and 2019 skewed the numbers a little higher.

I wonder if it is a myth about a student from a weaker school would gain admission with same stats as a stronger school.

We moved from Edison/Lee area to McLean. It sounds like from our friends still at Edison that college admissions was disappointing minus some URMs. McLean had an amazing college list this year and many students (around 30-40 I think) go to UVA.

Perhaps folks in Charlottesville view Fairfax (with the exception of TJ) as one regardless of zip code? I HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THIS STATEMENT. Just throwing it out there.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2021-22, UVA accepted 1320 kids from Fairfax County. Thirty high schools so 44 kids per high school. 656 enrolled so ~22 per high school.

You’re not counting the 34 private high schools in Fairfax (not to mention Fairfax County kids who go to privates in other jurisdictions, like SSSAS). My DC’s private usually has 15-20 kids go to UVA. The number admitted per school is probably more like 15.

Langley and McLean High definitely have ~50. I think schools like Edison, Justice, Annandale will have only a handful.

Looking at Naviance from my kids FCPS HS now, from 2018-2021, 441 acceptances out of 1275 apps. Average 100 a year. That's probably 40-50 a year enrolled.

Which high school?

I’m not familiar with Naviance. 100 acceptances from even schools like Langley and McLean seems high.

Oakton. Out of 1275 apps that's 34% acceptance rate. Assume graduating class of 650 that's 15%. Doesn't sound that far off. I'm sure 2018 and 2019 skewed the numbers a little higher.

I wonder if it is a myth about a student from a weaker school would gain admission with same stats as a stronger school.

We moved from Edison/Lee area to McLean. It sounds like from our friends still at Edison that college admissions was disappointing minus some URMs. McLean had an amazing college list this year and many students (around 30-40 I think) go to UVA.

Perhaps folks in Charlottesville view Fairfax (with the exception of TJ) as one regardless of zip code? I HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THIS STATEMENT. Just throwing it out there.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2021-22, UVA accepted 1320 kids from Fairfax County. Thirty high schools so 44 kids per high school. 656 enrolled so ~22 per high school.

You’re not counting the 34 private high schools in Fairfax (not to mention Fairfax County kids who go to privates in other jurisdictions, like SSSAS). My DC’s private usually has 15-20 kids go to UVA. The number admitted per school is probably more like 15.

Langley and McLean High definitely have ~50. I think schools like Edison, Justice, Annandale will have only a handful.

Looking at Naviance from my kids FCPS HS now, from 2018-2021, 441 acceptances out of 1275 apps. Average 100 a year. That's probably 40-50 a year enrolled.

Which high school?

I’m not familiar with Naviance. 100 acceptances from even schools like Langley and McLean seems high.

Oakton. Out of 1275 apps that's 34% acceptance rate. Assume graduating class of 650 that's 15%. Doesn't sound that far off. I'm sure 2018 and 2019 skewed the numbers a little higher.

I wonder if it is a myth about a student from a weaker school would gain admission with same stats as a stronger school.

We moved from Edison/Lee area to McLean. It sounds like from our friends still at Edison that college admissions was disappointing minus some URMs. McLean had an amazing college list this year and many students (around 30-40 I think) go to UVA.

Perhaps folks in Charlottesville view Fairfax (with the exception of TJ) as one regardless of zip code? I HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THIS STATEMENT. Just throwing it out there.

When we decided to move, Dh and I thought we were giving up a better chance for our kids to get into better college since they could more easily stand out vs they are now in a sea of really smart kids. I guess we can only guess and never know for certain.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2021-22, UVA accepted 1320 kids from Fairfax County. Thirty high schools so 44 kids per high school. 656 enrolled so ~22 per high school.

You’re not counting the 34 private high schools in Fairfax (not to mention Fairfax County kids who go to privates in other jurisdictions, like SSSAS). My DC’s private usually has 15-20 kids go to UVA. The number admitted per school is probably more like 15.

Langley and McLean High definitely have ~50. I think schools like Edison, Justice, Annandale will have only a handful.

Looking at Naviance from my kids FCPS HS now, from 2018-2021, 441 acceptances out of 1275 apps. Average 100 a year. That's probably 40-50 a year enrolled.

Which high school?

I’m not familiar with Naviance. 100 acceptances from even schools like Langley and McLean seems high.

Oakton. Out of 1275 apps that's 34% acceptance rate. Assume graduating class of 650 that's 15%. Doesn't sound that far off. I'm sure 2018 and 2019 skewed the numbers a little higher.

I wonder if it is a myth about a student from a weaker school would gain admission with same stats as a stronger school.

We moved from Edison/Lee area to McLean. It sounds like from our friends still at Edison that college admissions was disappointing minus some URMs. McLean had an amazing college list this year and many students (around 30-40 I think) go to UVA.

A very white girl I know graduated from Edison not long ago and went to Stanford.

See, I can match your meaningless anecdote with mine. Neither proves anything. One thing that is absolutely certain is that many, many more McLean students apply to UVA than Edison students. You can’t win if you don’t play.