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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high profile college acceptances (T10, ivies) at W-L are driven by the hooks you mentioned (URM, first gen).  At Yorktown, they are driven by athletic recruitment.

Bottom line: neither school will increase your chances at a T10 unless you’ve got one of the aforementioned hooks.[/quote]

Yep. If you’re a white female it doesn’t matter which school for college acceptance. [/quote]

Yeah you won't get in. 4.3 GPA no longer gets a white female in UVA unless you play soccer.[/quote]
I don’t care about elite college acceptance, I am more concern about college readiness and having peers that will make her feel included. [/quote]

For what it’s worth, my 3 went to WL and did a mix of AP and IB classes, attend/attended UVA and said the[b] IB classes prepared them better for college than AP classes.[/b] [/quote]

This. The IB classes are tough but they prepare you very well for college. I do think the size and focus of the high-achieving cohort at W-L is better because of the IB program. DD has taken a mix of AP/IB (it's our zoned school) and the IB classes have definitely been the most challenging.

She's also in band and the band community is very friendly. I was chatting with a parent at an event this fall who has a freshman in the band. She said she had been a school band director in several places and was really impressed at how nice and welcoming the W-L band was. Her DD was really enjoying it. From her HS experience, my DD made continuing band in college a big priority in school selection.[/quote]

This is true about the IB program preparing students better for college, which is why Yorktown is implementing the AP capstone program. More info is here:

https://yhs.apsva.us/ap/ap-capstone-info/[/quote]

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