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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The last Arlington magazine survey I read had more W-L (and Wakefield) kids going on to elite schools than Yorktown did. (HBW beat us too.) [/quote]

Be careful about the Arlington Magazine survey. It was all self-reported data. You would need the Naviance numbers to really know application and acceptance rates.[/quote]

Admissions bounce around from year to year, particularly if you define "elite" schools as Ivies and Ivy equivalents, where admissions is a crapshoot.  Yorktown always has higher average SATs than W-L and this year had almost twice as many National Merit Semifinalists.  Overall, more Yorktown students will be applying to and attending selective schools.[/quote]

Do you think these differences have a meaningful impact on students? That's what OP was asking about, and it remains a good question. Yorktown had 11 NMSFs this year and W-L had 6. There were less than 400 in all of Virginia, so  most high schools in the state didn't have ANY. Is 6 versus 11 a terrible thing? As someone else pointed out, 96% of kids at Yorktown go to college and 91% of kids at W-L do. Do you think that five percent means the kids at W-L are getting a materially less good education? If so, YOU ARE AN IDIOT. [/quote]

I was responding to the poster who suggested W-L and Wakefield have more kids going to "elite" schools than Yorktown, by putting it in context.  People can reasonably differ as to which schools are "elite," but it's a statement of fact that Yorktown has a larger cohort of students scoring well on their SATs and heading off to selective universities.

I didn't say a thing about whether W-L students receive a "materially less good education."  You sound like you need some professional help.

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I don't need professional help, it's the people who a) spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more on a house to get in the Yorktown district because they couldn't bear to send their kids to W-L, two miles away and b) go on sites like DCUM to complain about W-L that do. There is no real difference between sending your kid to a school where 95% of kids go to college, 30% to elite schools, and a school where 90% of kids go to college, 25% to elite schools.

To put is another way, there is a difference between 200 NMSFs at TJ and 11 at Yorktown. There is no real difference between 11 at Yorktown and 6 at W-L.  The more "evidence" people provide, the weaker the argument seems. [/quote]

Let's get one thing straight.  My house in W-L district would be MUCH cheaper if located in YHS district.  It costs much more per square footage in Lyon Village, Lyon Park, Ashton Heights, Maywood, etc.  The $2 million houses over here would be $1.3-1.4 in YHS/22207.  There is a 'location' premium over here. I could have more bedroom and much bigger lot for the price paid here.

Not complaining. Just pointing out the stupidity that it costs more for YHS. [/quote]

Exactly. I was confused about this as well. Thanks for setting it straight.

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