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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll admit that it’s a very impressive list.  No other non-magnet public school in the DMV compares.  Well over 20 admissions to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT.  You won’t find that at Langley or McLean.  No way. [/quote]

20/500? That’s 4%. So, if you do really well at one of the areas best publics, you have a 4% chance of attending an Ivy+. Then, you have to take into account the number who got admitted based on a hook, like legacy and athletics. That’s probably half, at least. So, not that impressive.

I personally know three kids (there are more) from Langley going to Ivies this year. They’re all athletic recruits. [/quote]

The Whitman ones are pretty much all legacies.  And not regular legacies but super-involved legacies (like the president of the DC Yale club) or VIP legacies (household name or in the national press).

There is pretty much no chance of a non-legacy, non recruit, non URM going to the Ivy League.  It's the same at the top privates. 
The Ivy admit rate is COMPLETELY irrelevant to 99% of students at a school regardless of how brilliant or accomplished they are. 
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That is sooo not true. Do you think every kid at the Ivies is the child of an alum, an athletic recruit, or a URM? Think again. [/quote]

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