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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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

Shouldn't make too much difference since top 1% public school system would probably be better than most privates except for the exclusive private ones. [/quote]

I don't disagree with that, but there are a ton of kids from the most exclusive privates at these universities.  I went to a top 20 (but not Ivy) for undergrad and there were a zillion kids from Choate, Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Sidwell and a dozen other exclusive privates there.  The acceptance rate for these privates is far higher than for nearly every public school, and that skews the overall acceptance rate.  That's why it really makes more sense, for comparison purposes, to compare MoCo schools to other publics that are also free.[/quote]

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