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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2015 graduates from seven Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on data provided by the schools over the summer.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2015/College-Admissions-Chart/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

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This is pretty unimpressive showing for the top high schools in MoCo. I would imagine similar results for the top high schools in Fairfax.  [/quote]

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Princeton 20 out of 216 - 9.3% acceptance rate. National - 7.0%
Yale 15 out of 190 - 7.9% acceptance rate. National - 6.5%
Harvard 4.6%. National - 5.3%
Stanford 6.9%. National - 5.1%

Looks like they're doing pretty well to me. Unless you think MoCo is so special that it should far exceed the national averages.[/quote]

Just because PPs said national, the applicant pool to many colleges, and especially the four pulled out above, is global.

The acceptance rate for the Bethesda-based HS is 33% higher than the overall acceptance rate for Princeton (to use one example); I would call that far exceeding the Tigers' overall acceptance rate.[/quote]

Right, and 35% higher for Stanford, the most selective school in the country. Wouldn't you say that an acceptance rate one-third higher than the national average is good?

It is a little shocking when you see the raw numbers of only 20 out of 216 accepted to Princeton, and then realize that's significantly better than the overall acceptance rate. Also a good reality check.[/quote]

You can sugarcoat it as much as you want but the data is depressing with most kids ending up at local schools and regional schools.[/quote]

What would be a non-depressingly appropriate acceptance rate for local kids at Stanford? Three times the national average at 15%? As special as our kids all are, I'm not sure they're 300% more special than every other population of kids across the country.[/quote]

Montgomery/Fairfax schools are supposedly in the top 1% of all public schools in the country. One would expect more admissions to the top 50 schools than slightly/somewhat higher than "national average".[/quote]

[b]This is why a comparison to the national acceptance rate for all PUBLIC SCHOOL students would be more appropriate.[/quote][/b]

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