S/O - Arlington Magazine 2022 acceptances

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

75th percentile has a 35; median a 34; bottom 25th percentile a 32 Those are some pretty impressive stats. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

And less than 20% of students enrolling are submitting ACT scores.

can you provide a SCHEV cite for that because I don't see it

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

So you're saying that only TJHSST is worth looking up in FCPS? I agree

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

So you're saying that only TJHSST is worth looking up in FCPS? I agree

McLean HS had more all National Merit Semifinalists in the Class of 2023 (22) than all the high schools in APS (and the students at TJ who live in Arlington) combined (17).

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

For the top 20% of the students - pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

For the top 20% of the students - pathetic.

Yes, anyone who doesn't score a 36 is a loser.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

For the top 20% of the students - pathetic.

Yes, anyone who doesn't score a 36 is a loser.

Losers tend to go to UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

And less than 20% of students enrolling are submitting ACT scores.

can you provide a SCHEV cite for that because I don't see it

It is in the common data set. It was actually 21% for 2021-22.

https://ira.virginia.edu/cds-2021-22

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

So you're saying that only TJHSST is worth looking up in FCPS? I agree

McLean HS had more all National Merit Semifinalists in the Class of 2023 (22) than all the high schools in APS (and the students at TJ who live in Arlington) combined (17).

uh, we are talking about colleges stats, not PSAT

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

So you're saying that only TJHSST is worth looking up in FCPS? I agree

McLean HS had more all National Merit Semifinalists in the Class of 2023 (22) than all the high schools in APS (and the students at TJ who live in Arlington) combined (17).

Yes, it's a rich, white area. Test scores are highly correlated with wealth. We can't really conclude that NMSF are smarter than others--just higher PSAT test scores.