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Reply to "the "great schools" vs. the "avoid schools" -- education quality vs. college admissions"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quotas. I was a victim of this in the late 80s from a Fairfax Co. HS. Top SATs, 4.2 gpA, class officer, varsity soccer and state HS Va champ since Freshman year, volunteer and wait-listed at UVA and William & Mary. Better to be big fish in small pond. Colleges will cap a certain number from each HS.[/quote] How odd. At my nova hs in the early 1990s, a very easy formula of well roundedness gout you into those places.[/quote] What school did you go to? in my early 90s FCPS we faced this. kids from certain FCPS school got into colleges that higher gpas didn't get into from "better" schools, since the better schools hit their quota. Yest the colleges claim it's urban legend, but you see it every year. This year I saw it with a neighbor, TJ kid didn't get in, but "normal" got in. (granted it was normal FCPS over achiever)[/quote]
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