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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If GT services at the elementary school level aren't giving our kids a leg up in the college admissions process, then I don't really get the point. And my kid has been identified as GT. He likes his GT teacher, but I am not convinced the extra "homework" is really doing anything for his longer-term success. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I was really surprised by the college acceptance rates that were reported in that same magazine. I think we are wasting a lot of energy arguing about this stuff, when everyone should be focused on what APS high school looks like in 5-10 years when we are 3,000 high school seats short of what we need. We're arguing over how Ks end up getting selected to do extra math worksheets, and meanwhile all the local ivy league college slots are going to Fairfax and Montgomery County kids.[/quote]

Outside of TJ I don't think many FCPS kids are going Ivy either (% wise). Does Naviance show if the kids are actually applying to these schools at all? Or maybe many just want to stick in-state for financial reasons and not many are even applying? I know it's way more competitive these days, but all of APS is producing less Ivy grads than my small, podunk HS in another state did 20 years ago. So strange!

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The table in Arlington Magazine said that the number of applicants was confirmed as reported by the school, but the acceptance rates were self-reported. That said, I'm not sure why a student would lie and say that they did *not* get accepted when they did, so I would guess the acceptance numbers are pretty accurate? My kids are in ES though, so I can't speak to the process. I was just surprised to read the article when we got our magazine in the mail. I can't find a link to the magazine article on-line, so here are just some sample numbers:

Cornell: HB- 3 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 1 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 22 applied, 3 accepted; YT- 24 applied, 7 accepted
Dartmouth: HB- 2 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 7 applied, 1 accepted; YT- 13 applied, 0 accepted
Duke: HB- 3 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 3 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 20 applied, 2 accepted; YT- 11 applied, 2 accepted
Harvard: HB- 1 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 1 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 21 applied, 1 accepted; YT- 16 applied, 0 accepted
Princeton: HB- 5 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 2 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 12 applied, 0 accepted; YT- 14 applied, 1 accepted

Top liberal arts colleges are a little better, but still not as high as I would have expected:

Williams: HB- 2 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 3 applied, 1 accepted; YT- 5 applied, 0 accepted
Wellesley: HB- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 5 applied, 1 accepted; YT- 3 applied, 1 accepted
Swarthmore: HB- 1 applied, 0 accepted; WF- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 9 applied, 0 accepted; YT- 4 applied, 1 accepted
Oberlin: HB- 1 applied, 1 accepted; WF- 0 applied, 0 accepted; WL- 7 applied, 1 accepted; YT- 4 applied, 1 accepted

And for kicks, here is UVA: HB- 29 applied, 12 accepted; WF- 35 applied, 9 accepted; WL- 140 applied, 48 accepted; YT- 118 applied, 40 accepted

I think you can still get this Arlington Magazine issue at the grocery store if you want the full list. Harris Teeter sells it.

All that to say, please focus your efforts on the HS situation too. The SB says that we don't have land for a 4th high school, so they are going to build out two smaller "choice" programs instead. Right now, Arlington Tech seems to be one of those two programs and the SB is *not* building it out to be an academically focused STEM program like TJ. It is basically a modernized vo-tech program, with courses in basic computer programming to supplement the traditional vo-tech courses. If you wait until your kid is high school age to get involved in this discussion, it will be too late. These decisions are being made now and will determine the high school structure for our entire current elementary school population.  All of you arguing about GT ES services are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

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