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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't have to go to the same HS to know each other.  They might have met on their travel soccer team, their middle school robotics club and/or at horseback riding or theater camp.

"[b]Hundreds? What high school is sending hundreds of kids to UVA?"[/quote][/b]

Other than maybe T.J. in a good year, I don't know what this person is talking about.  Our high school sent two (yes NOVA).  No one comes in from NOVA knowing "100s".  DC knew maybe ten from church, prior private schools, and - something not available when we all went to college - getting to know one another on Facebook pages that someone in each incoming class sets up.  When I went to college I knew one person, a year ahead of me, from college.  DC goes in "knowing" from facebook probably 40 kids from all around the world.  They made a point of meeting up the first night after drop-off for dinner.  I thought that was such a better way of getting to know one another than what I experienced.[/quote]

Our "middle of the pack" fcps high school has 65-80 UVA acceptances each year--and maybe around 35-50 deciding to attend.  Kids have lots of friends 1-2 years older and they also know kids at the nearby hs that sends similar numbers.  So it's not that common  to know personally 100s, but quite common to have awareness of 100s who have been in the same milieux with shared experiences.

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