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[quote=Anonymous]I'd guess the school's reputation and your kid's course load, ECs, class rank (if available) and GPA would trump anything else. Here in MD the more selective colleges do tend to take more kids from some high schools than others. But it's not enough to buy or rent in the Whitman district: your kid will have to do really well there and stand out in some other way (leadership, talent, sports) to get into selective colleges including UVA. It's sort of a chicken-and-egg thing, or maybe a circle thing: selective colleges like taking kids from the most rigorous and competitive high schools, but to stand out your kid will need to out-compete the other kids. So anyway, living in northern VA makes it tougher, but moving to another public or private HS probably won't solve this.[/quote]
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