Reply to College admissions from APS

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "College admissions from APS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/where-arlington-grads-applied-and-were-accepted-to-college/[/quote]

The Arlington Magazine stats actually make the situation look BETTER than it really is.  The reason is that they report acceptances and not matriculations.  This means that, for a given school, the reported acceptances from Dartmouth, Duke, Denison and Davidson could all be attributed to the same student.  [/quote]

I think we're all aware of this. It doesn't answer the original question, though, of how APS compares to other public school systems. If this is simply the pattern for a solid public school system and not a sign that APS is failing compared to comparable school systems, then this data doesn't concern me. If APS is lagging behind peer systems, though, that's cause for concern and we need to identify why.[/quote]

For at least the last 10 years, HB Woodlawn, Washington-Lee and Yorktown all lag behind McLean HS and Langley and well behind Walt Whitman, BCC and Churchill (in Montgomery Co, MD).  Not sure why, but it is disturbing.  
[/quote]

Why is it disturbing? Again, I challenge your premise. Explain why it's disturbing to get into the University of Virginia or William & Mary?

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics