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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not by school, it’s by district.  [/quote]

I don't agree with that 100% - they may admit a percentage of students who apply, but they don't admit a % of the high school population.  Every college admission representative I've ever talked to has said they evaluate the students based on the school they attend.   My children attend one of the lowest performing high schools in Fairfax County.  If UVA and W&M did not admit one student from our high school, I would imagine "heads would roll."  We have extremely smart, talented kids at our high school, it's just easier to stand.  Our high school usually only gets single digit admits to the top two VA state schools.  But we also don't have a large percentage of our graduates applying to four year colleges.

My DS is at W&M and his stats were much lower than their typical admitted student, but he fell within the top 5% of his high school class.  He took the most rigorous courses, had a 4.0 GPA and a 1300 SAT.  Got into both UVA & W&M.  Like another poster said about her roommate at UVA, my DS was a student leader.  If he had attended Langley High School, also within FCPS, there is no way he would have gotten into UVA & W&M with his stats.

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90% of UVA students are Top 10% of their class. It is written write on their website.  
If 80% of the students at Langley HS or TJ  are 4.2 GPAS then that makes it a little more competition for them to stand out as Top 10% students.  Regardless....whomever get thats push for Top 10% still gets calculated into the region/county/district algorithm.  [/quote]

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