TC Williams College Matriculations This Year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird thread.

No public school in NOVA other than TJ should expect to have kids attend Princeton every year. It's too selective for that.

For a high school its size, the latest college admissions from TC Williams aren't too impressive, but they reflect the demographics of a city with a lot of poverty and many kids in private school. There are high schools that are 2/3 of TC's size in FCPS with less than 2/3 as many admissions to top schools.

I corrected that for you.

[Anonymous]

Exactly. Look at West Potomac, Edison, and Mount Vernon high schools and you'll see less impressive college matriculation results than TC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Look at West Potomac, Edison, and Mount Vernon high schools and you'll see less impressive college matriculation results than TC.

Correct. Except maybe for WP, which is the only one of those schools that may have households with income/education comparable to some of Alexandria's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Look at West Potomac, Edison, and Mount Vernon high schools and you'll see less impressive college matriculation results than TC.

Correct. Except maybe for WP, which is the only one of those schools that may have households with income/education comparable to some of Alexandria's.

Yes. The old Fort Hunt areas have incomes comparable to, if not higher than, Old Town, Rosemont, and the other nice neighborhoods in Alexandria City. And a higher percentage of those residents send their kids to public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

Princeton is not the only elite college/university in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

Princeton is not the only elite college/university in the country.

Why the rain on this parade? This is a healthy list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

Princeton is not the only elite college/university in the country.

Why the rain on this parade? This is a healthy list.

I’m not saying the list is bad, just that the presence or absence of Princeton is not, on its own, determinative of the strength of a school’s college admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

Princeton is not the only elite college/university in the country.

Why the rain on this parade? This is a healthy list.

I’m not saying the list is bad, just that the presence or absence of Princeton is not, on its own, determinative of the strength of a school’s college admissions.

It's being used as a benchmark metric in this thread. Personally I'd be happier if my child went to MIT.

[Anonymous]

I believe Hayfield has MIT on their list. But then, we would be entering the TJ phase of this discussion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Potomac’s matriculations

https://coveringthecorridor.com/2018/06/where-west-potomacs-class-of-2018-will-be-attending-college/

Not impressive at all.

Princeton is on the list.

Princeton is not the only elite college/university in the country.

Why the rain on this parade? This is a healthy list.

I’m not saying the list is bad, just that the presence or absence of Princeton is not, on its own, determinative of the strength of a school’s college admissions.

It's being used as a benchmark metric in this thread. Personally I'd be happier if my child went to MIT.

Only because one poster invented the "benchmark" for the sole purpose of tearing down TC Williams. There is no inherent value in Princeton specifically as a benchmark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think charter schools in Alexandria would only benefit students in ACPS. We need something to shake up that system and competition seems like a good option. Right now there is no reason for the school system to even try to change because there is no pressure. Charter schools would provide that pressure.

Never gonna happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think charter schools in Alexandria would only benefit students in ACPS. We need something to shake up that system and competition seems like a good option. Right now there is no reason for the school system to even try to change because there is no pressure. Charter schools would provide that pressure.

Never gonna happen.

Agreed. Unfortunately. It would be a nice prod to the status quo though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think charter schools in Alexandria would only benefit students in ACPS. We need something to shake up that system and competition seems like a good option. Right now there is no reason for the school system to even try to change because there is no pressure. Charter schools would provide that pressure.

Never gonna happen.

Agreed. Unfortunately. It would be a nice prod to the status quo though.

I completely disagree.