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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you not believe it OP? Schools value geographic diversity.[/quote]

Let say student A (Langley HS high performance school) and student B (Annandale HS low performance school) with identical GPAs, SAT/ACT scores, same ECs.  There is a very good chance that student B will get accepted to UVA while student A will get rejected.[/quote]

If Student A attends Annandale, it's less likely they will end up with similar statistics and accomplishments by senior year.  That's why parents pay a premium for Langley and pupil place their kids out of Annandale in large numbers.[/quote]

Where are you getting this from?  The curriculum is the same across all of the neighborhood high schools.  There are plenty of kids at every one of them with lots of APs and high test scores.  You’re just being a snob. [/quote]

You are misinformed.  Neither the curriculum nor the extra-curricular are the same at Annandale and Langley.  Annandale does not offer AP courses and very few students at Annandale receive IB diplomas.  But feel free to actually demonstrate that dozens of Annandale students are matriculating to UVA every year. [/quote]

Yes I know Annandale is an IB school.  The point is that the opportunities are there.  If the numbers are fewer it’s not because the school isn’t as good, it’s because the student body has more challenges.  As for extra-curriculars, blah blah blah nobody gets into UVA because of that and UVA also takes into account the number and quality of ec opportunities at a given school when evaluating applicants.

If a good student from Annandale wants UVA, she can get in just as easily as one from Langley.  And if the numbers of enrolled students are lower, it’s only because fewer are applying.[/quote]

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