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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high profile college acceptances (T10, ivies) at W-L are driven by the hooks you mentioned (URM, first gen).  At Yorktown, they are driven by athletic recruitment.

Bottom line: neither school will increase your chances at a T10 unless you’ve got one of the aforementioned hooks.[/quote]

Yep. If you’re a white female it doesn’t matter which school for college acceptance. [/quote]

Yeah you won't get in. 4.3 GPA no longer gets a white female in UVA unless you play soccer.[/quote]

I don’t care about elite college acceptance, I am more concern about college readiness and having peers that will make her feel included. [/quote]

For what it’s worth, my 3 went to WL and did a mix of AP and IB classes, attend/attended UVA and said the[b] IB classes prepared them better for college than AP classes.[/b] [/quote]

This. The IB classes are tough but they prepare you very well for college. I do think the size and focus of the high-achieving cohort at W-L is better because of the IB program. DD has taken a mix of AP/IB [b](it's our zoned school) [/b]and the IB classes have definitely been the most challenging.

She's also in band and the band community is very friendly. I was chatting with a parent at an event this fall who has a freshman in the band. She said she had been a school band director in several places and was really impressed at how nice and welcoming the W-L band was. Her DD was really enjoying it. From her HS experience, my DD made continuing band in college a big priority in school selection.[/quote]

This is important to remember: transferring into IB (supposedly) requires you to take full IB. No picky-choosey like kids zoned for WL.  This is a policy, IMO, APS needs to change.[/quote]

This isn’t true. So long as your kid takes 3 IB classes in grades 11-12 they can stay at WL. Don’t have to take full IB to keep transfer.  [/quote]

That's why I said "supposedly." The policy waivers and hasn't always been enforced, though it has been at times in the past. It was supposed to discourage people from transferring just because they wanted to go to WL instead of their home school. That's not what the IB program is for and should not be used for.  [/quote]

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