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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is Madeira’s list. Literally no one should find this list unimpressive.

The University of Alabama (3)
American University (3)
Bates College (3)
Boston College (3)
Boston University (7)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (4)
University of California, Berkeley (3)
University of California, Los Angeles (8)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3)
Carnegie Mellon University (5)
University of Chicago (6)
Claremont McKenna College (3)
Clemson University (3)
Colgate University (3)
College of Charleston (5)
Colorado College (3)
Cornell University (8)
Elon University (6)
University of Florida (4)
Fordham University (5)
George Washington University (3)
Georgetown University (4)
University of Georgia (3)
Georgia Institute of Technology (3)
Harvard University (3)
Johns Hopkins University (8)
Macalester College (3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4)
University of Miami (12)
New York University (15)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (4)
Northwestern University (6)
Oberlin College (3)
University of Pennsylvania (4)
Pennsylvania State University (3)
Sarah Lawrence College (3)
Savannah College of Art and Design (3)
Smith College (3)
University of Southern California (3)
Southern Methodist University (3)
University of St Andrews (3)
Syracuse University (4)
Texas Christian University (3)
Tufts University (3)
Tulane University (11)
Vanderbilt University (4)
University of Virginia (20)
Virginia Commonwealth University (5)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (10)
Wake Forest University (7)
William and Mary (18)[/quote]

20 to UVA and 18 to W&M -- very good schools, of course, but wouldn't those have been possible with a big box nova high school and a library card?[/quote]

Depends on a lot of things. To name a couple:

1.  The HS. Ironically, it is easier to get into UVA from a NOVA public HS that has fewer top kids applying. So if you want to live in Springfield or Manassas, maybe. But from Langley, McLean, Madison etc, it’s very very difficult, probably less likely than from a top private like Potomac or Madeira. 
2.  The kid. Who is to say that kid A would do the same in a big box public HS with 3000 kids that they do in a smaller environment. My DC doesn’t go to either Potomac or Madeira, but we intentionally chose a small school with all-honors and higher classes so as to remove any temptation to coast through. 
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It’s easier to get in from TJ.[/quote]

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