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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had several parents recently explain to me that it's better to send their bright kids to a less competitive public HS like West Potomac, TC Williams, or Edison, in Virginia as opposed to moving to McLean for Langley or McLean. [b]Their rationale is that in-state VA schools make it a "policy" to take kids from the top 10% of each high school in the Commonwealth.[/b]  So the odds of their child being in the top 10% at West Potomac or TC Williams (especially with a sport like crew behind them) will make them more competitive for UVA or VA Tech than being in the top 25% or so at McLean/Langley.  Any truth to this?[/quote]

This is not true.  There are entire counties in Virginia that send zero students from that county's high schools to UVA.  Virginia universities aren't run like the "Texas plan" where all Texans are guaranteed a slot if they make top ten percent in their high school class.   The problem is the concentration of population of the state in NoVA.   Moving to a different high school within Fairfax County is not going to help.  Your child still will need a GPA of 4.23 - 4.34, ACT median of 31-35, nationally-recognized prizes, and ECs that tell of a student who has taken on a significant challenge and has the grit to see the project to its end (like publishing a book, creating a non-profit, Eagle Scout, nationally-recognized prizes).

But moving that same child to a high school in a Virginia county that rarely sends a student to UVA might help.

Also, if you are strongly considering UVA and do not get in, I suggest the two year community college, then transfer to UVA program.  Some 500 new students enter UVA that way every year.  You do have to take certain courses and get prescribed grades, but then your child could transfer to UVA at the end of the two years at community college.[/quote]

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