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How many got into WM http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=351068&paper=65&cat=104

How many got into UVa http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=351067&paper=66&cat=104[/quote]

So, everyone at TJ went to either UVa or W&M? That doesn't make any sense.

This would be more helpful if it they had the application rates too. What percentage of applicants were accepted.[/quote]

I think these are just that acceptation rates. It does not imply that they actually attended.[/quote]

Sheesh.  What a lazy reporter's report.  It's really meaningless.  How many admitted; how many in the senior class; calculate %.  [/quote]

I think this is a very telling article. Imagine you're one of the students at one of these high schools. In deciding which colleges to apply to, you typically follow your peers. The students that apply to UVa probably also apply to W&M (to cover all bases, it's just another one of many many applications).  [b]This data shows you where you stand within your graduating class: whether you're one of many or few to apply to UVa/W&M, and also, if you get accepted to UVa/W&M, whether you fall in the "top" 4%[/b] (or 50%, if you go to TJ) of your graduating class. I think this article is a nice portrait of academic culture at the high schools. In particular, the data on Madison is eye opening to me.  [/quote]

No, these aren't acceptance rates, only the number of acceptances per school and not the number who attend.  Your high school guidance office has much better detailed info available.  And, no, you can't assume that high schoolers "typically follow their peers."  My DD and 8 of her "beach week BFFs" all attend different colleges scattered across the US.  [/quote]

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