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[quote=Anonymous]Our four kids went to North Arlington publics (Yorktown/W-L/HB Woodlawn). A handful of grads went to Ivies, a few more went to other top 20 privates, and a few others went to top LACs. I have no doubt these numbers would be quite a bit higher without UVA or William & Mary and in state tuition. One of my own kids turned down a top 20 for UVA, and another turned down W&M only because they were offered a large merit award from a top 15 LAC. The point is that the college choices that you're seeing don't mean that the kids can't get into the top privates -- it's that they're either not applying or not choosing them because of the excellent in state options. We are talking about public school families. They just don't place the premium on private colleges that private school families do. [/quote]
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