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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many kids from Yorktown's Class of 2017 ended up at Ivies?[/quote]

One (1) - Dartmouth.[/quote]

Ouch.  That's lower than TC Williams.[/quote]

And it's also not true.  Looking at YHS Naviance now....6 got into Cornell, 1 got into Stanford, 1 got into Brown, 2 got into Dartmouth, 3 got into Duke, etc.[/quote]

That's more encouraging, although if those are acceptances and not matriculations, this may comprise only 6 actual students.  Regardless, for a graduating class of 500+ where almost everyone goes onto college, these rates are really low.   
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YHS parent here.  I know plenty of folks who think that if their kid doesn't get into HYP, UVA is the second choice.  They see no reason to pay more.  I don't share this belief, but it is prevalent, and can explain much of what you see.[/quote]

Another YHS parent here. Many folks I know with more than two kids, won't even entertain out-of-state options. One good friend had two out of four kids at top of class. Both went to UVA and didn't even apply out of state. One had perfect SAT scores (along with other stellar accomplishments) and could have gone anywhere. He is now working at the top of his field. [/quote]

Every state has kids like this (i.e., incredibly smart/accomplished kids who never bother to apply to top schools out of state), but it sounds like this is more pronounced in Virginia than in, say, Pennsylvania or Maryland or South Carolina.  So it sounds that APS' low acceptance rates are explained, in part, by the fact that the kids who are applying to Top 25 Universities (ex. UVa and W&M) and Top 25 liberal arts colleges may not be the very best of the graduates from APS high schools, i.e., kids whose parents may be able to afford Ivies/NESCAC, but they don't have the grades or SATs/ACTs?   I would buy that.  [/quote]

UVa is the #3 public college/university in the country, behind only UCLA and UC Berkley, and William & Mary is #6. Naturally this makes the in-state public effect more pronounced in Virginia than in most other states. If you don't qualify for financial aid and are in-state, it's hard to beat UVa in terms of overall value. [/quote]

All good.  But it's also a trap for kids who ultimately don't get into UVa or W&M.  Not dissing the other VA in-state universities because I know they are solid, but it's a significant dropoff after UVa and W&M in terms of national perception.  
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