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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is interesting, but for a true perspective, are there similar college application/admission stats available for other area high schools, such as Oakton, James Madison, Chantilly, McLean and Marshall? Could we list links to sources or at least compile anecdotal data for these schools over the past 3 yrs or so?

Also, it is important to distinguish based on majors when identifying “top” schools. For example, in Engineering, a school such as W&M or UVa is not in the same league as MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Illinois, Michigan or Cornell. [/quote]

I agree with your point about what's "top" vs not.  It is subjective as well.  In your list, VA Tech, Georgia Tech and Illinois are not in the same league as the rest (MIT, etc).   I did not include VA tech in my list of "Top" schools.  Again, subjective.
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I was using the rankings for engineering, but a list for science may be similar. The schools listed above are all in the “top 15” in Engineering (See — https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate)

To be more precise one could look at the top 8 and the next 8 but, at the undergraduate level the quality is fairly indistinguishable in this cohort (at the graduate level, there could be a finer stratification). Clearly, UVa and W&M are further away and while they may be safety backups, ending up in W&M from a highly charged STEM magnet school seems totally anti-climactic. [/quote]

I looked at the top 15.  Total attending is 141. That's 33% for a class of 430 which is still good.  Some of these schools have very low interest from TJ - Attendance numbers for some of the top 15 eng schools -  Northwestern (0), UT Austin(1), Purdue (7), Wisconsin (3), A&M (2).  Virginia Tech (ranked 14th in engineering) accepted 78% of the TJ applicants but only 42 (23% of those accepted) chose to attend.  Other schools with brand names have a higher attendance rate (UVA 32%; CMU 42%, MIT 80%, etc).  Your data point makes the case for strengthening my story in that, more schools (such as Virginia Tech) should be added to my list of "top" schools because they have their merits (i.e. top ranked Engineering school).

IMHO, overall brand name is more of a draw than department specific rankings.  They are probably just another reason to pick a school but probably not the primary.
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