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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If it is the same FCPS high school we went through, what you are not seeing in those stats is the overall size of the class and the degree of self-selection that goes on in the application process if you are in NOVA. The college counselor and those faculty writing letters are not going to help your B students apply to UVA. They just aren't. If I had suggested that for DC they would have laughed me out of the room. Only the very best of the 525 students in a class will be supported by the system to apply to those two schools. Those students are the same ones applying to HYPS. Our numbers for getting into W&M and UVA were much smaller than those above. It seemed like the same ten students got in everywhere but not for the rest of the class. You are much better off applying to a VA university from any other area than NOVA and especially FCPS.

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The stats above were from McLean's Class of '16.   Not sure if all the favoritism for the best and brightest goes on there, but it probably does.

My DC actually completely bypassed VA schools, counselor recommendations, and the Common App and only applied to OOS publics.  The whole process just seemed really weird - parents have to write multi-page essay about their child for the counselor, child needs to give teachers a professionally done resume to get a recommendation, etc.  If you just have a nice, regular kid who is a solid student but more of a late bloomer, forget about it.   She just looked for schools that base their decision on the essay, transcript and test scores and did fine in the process. [/quote]

Wish we could afford OOS publics.

We can afford in-state rates but DD has a B+ GPA so I guess we are shut out (except for CCs).[/quote]

Surely you're joking.  A B+ GPA will get you into most VA publics.[/quote]

We were so impressed by Mary Washington which seems to admit a wide variety of students. Also vcu in richmond. Our child actually liked umw better than w and m. To me they seemed a lot alike.[/quote]

Minus the far better caliber of students, yes.[/quote]

:roll:  Not really.  Plenty of very smart kids choose UMW, JMU, Tech, etc. over UVA/W&M.  As has been stated over and over on this forum, it's all about fit.  I feel sorry for the kids of parents (probably like you) who insist they go to certain schools because of perceived "prestige."  What a miserable experience for the kids who would be happier at so many other good schools.[/quote]

J[b]ust looking at the grades and scores of admitted students, sir or ma'am.[/quote][/b]

Also the selectivity stats.  UMW is at 76.6% accept.  W & L is at 17%.  UMW is state and only $26K a year inclusive.  W&L is extremely expensive, very pretty, very Greek.[/quote]

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