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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was told by someone well connected to the Georgetown interviewing process that local public school kids rarely make it in, but it is due more to "poise" issues and writing skills. Most of the local kids accepted at Georgetown are from the top tier Catholic schools (Gonzaga, Georgetown Prep, Visitation, Stone Ridge plus other good Catholic schools). I have never heard that taking AP classes freshman year is a "must." In fact, many of the top privates DO NOT offer APs because they think they needlessly cause stress and are too surface-level (not deep enough).  FWIW, I have one kid in MCPS and one kid in private, and I'm a Georgetown grad, so I have an interest in this! [/quote]

This is BS and I have proof.

Here is acceptance data for Georgetown from Naviance from our high school (Churchill):

[img]http://i.imgur.com/iE6xuDq.png[/img]

If 20% is "rarely" making it in, I don't know what to tell you.

To OP: At Churchill some Freshman take AP US in 9th and AP NSL in 10th. Every year the number of people taking AP US expands...when my older son took it (now a senior) there were 2 small classes. My younger son is taking it now and there are 3 large classes. Everyone wants to keep up...[/quote]

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