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Actually there are a few schools with graduation rates that would concern me. Id also want to know the participation rates of students taking AP courses and [b]percentage of students taking SATs[/b] as these are good indicators of students who are oriented towards college.[/quote]

Whitman HS:  61%
Churchill HS: 56%
Wootton HS: 59%
Walter Johnson HS: 66%

Clarksburg HS: 69%
Northwest HS: 70%
Richard Montgomery HS: 68%
Northwood HS: 55%
Blair HS: 65%[/quote]

The percentage of students taking APs is accurate data, students taking the SAT is not. A ton of students only take the ACT and some colleges are test-optional. [/quote]

So you're saying that the percentage of students at Whitman (for example) who took the SAT is actually not 61%?
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No. PP meant the percentage of kids taking the SAT isn’t a good proxy for the number of college bound kids, since lots of kids take the ACT and some go to [b]test optional schools[/b].[/quote]

Test optional schools are the schools that accept everybody as long as they have the means to pay?[/quote]

If you consider the following schools to be in that category then sure:

Bates College
    Bowdoin College
    Bryn Mawr College
    The George Washington University
    Hofstra University
    Pitzer College
    Sarah Lawrence College
    Smith College
    University of Iowa
    University of Texas at Austin
    Wake Forest University
    Wesleyan University

Hampshire College requests that students not send test scores.

Test flexible schools (aka schools that will accept IB, AP scores, etc. in lieu of the SAT/ACT):

Colby College
    Colorado College
    Hamilton College
    Middlebury College
    New York University (NYU)
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I see, you are talking about the second tier colleges. [/quote]

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