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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had several parents recently explain to me that it's better to send their bright kids to a less competitive public HS like West Potomac, TC Williams, or Edison, in Virginia as opposed to moving to McLean for Langley or McLean. Their rationale is that in-state VA schools make it a "policy" to take kids from the top 10% of each high school in the Commonwealth.  So the odds of their child being in the top 10% at West Potomac or TC Williams (especially with a sport like crew behind them) will make them more competitive for UVA or VA Tech than being in the top 25% or so at McLean/Langley.  Any truth to this?[/quote]

McLean and Langley already have about 5% of their top ten skimmed to go to TJ.  So, it should be easier to be top ten there.  Plus, it looks like 10% of the class gets into UVA and W&M and more into VT- but all of the top ten do not apply-. If you are in the 10%-15%, you still have a decent chance if your ECs are up to snuff to get into UVA/W&M and if you are top 25% you have a decent chance for VT.  Datapoint: My DC was at the 80th percentile at McLean and got into VT engineering (he went and is currently elsewhere).  I know this because he missed a 4.0 by .003 and about 20% of his class received the 4.0 award.

They are competitive compared to most other state’s flagships schools, but it is not as hard as people think.  [/quote]

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