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[u]TJHSST[/u]
Brown 98 admitted 37 attended
[b]UC Berkeley 205/70[/b]
Carnegie Mellon 364/120
Univ of Chicago 109/43
Columbia Univ 91/43
Cornell 292/130
Dartmouth 67/27
Duke 193/75
Georgetown 102/31
Ga Tech 300/37
Harvard 42/32
Harvey Mudd 25/5
Johns Hopkins 69/18
MIT 133/103
UPenn 88/45
Princeton 115/69
RPI 187/29
USC 76/18
Stanford 84/60
Va Tech 1268/254
UVA 1745/683
Wash U 139/36
William & Mary 1417/401
Yale 82/43

[u]Madison[/u]

Brown University: 6	6	4 
University of California	11	4 
Carnegie Mellon University	24	3 
University of Chicago	11	7 
Columbia University	6	7 
Cornell University	29	15 
Dartmouth College	7	3 
Duke University	16	9 
Georgetown University	25	15 
Georgia Institute of Technology	48	10 
Harvard University	3	2 
Harvey Mudd College	2	0 
Johns Hopkins University	17	4 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3	3 
Northwestern University	11	2 
University of Pennsylvania	7	3 
Princeton University	9	7 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	28	7 
University of Southern California	19	6 
Stanford University	6	5 
Virginia Tech	728	296 
University of Virginia	414	265 
Washington University in St. Louis	23	6 
College of William and Mary	330	135 
Yale University	2	1
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[b]Embarrassing numbers for Madison[/b].[/quote]

Completely unnecessary and small-minded comment.  As many others have pointed out, compared to TJ any other school would be considered embarrassing for obvious reasons.  Can we please get off this cycle?

I agree with the conclusions that multiple people have posted - When it comes to college admissions, TJ is important to the top 15-20% at TJ.  For the rest, it is either the same (21-70%) or worse (bottom 30%).

When it comes to college readiness, I'm assuming the "TJ rigor" helps in the first 1-2 years at college.  It might also help with completing college sooner.  Don't have numbers to prove this.  It's all anectodal.

When it comes to cool stories about HS - Had sex behind the bleachers, smoked pot in the principal's office, etc.  TJ would likely be a major fail.

Can we close this thread now?  PLEASE!!![/quote]

Isn't Madison one of the top high schools in Northern VA?[/quote]

Yes it is.  I assume Langley and McLean admission results likely will only be marginally better.  The Naviance data accessible through FCPS Blackboard (which only can be accessed by parents and students of each HS) shows just how difficult it is now for the top kids to get into the so called elite colleges espe from this hyper competitive DC Metro area (and it has gotten even tougher over the last few years with college applications soaring).  For ex, in 2011 UVA had 23,587 applications while this year UVA will have nearly 37,500 applications.  UVA's early action numbers have gone from 11,753 in 2012 (first yr of early action) to 21,393 this year.

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