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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was hoping to kickstart a conversation on APS college acceptance results, and why people think they are so poor

For background - I live in Arlington now with two kids, but grew up in a comparably wealthy suburbs of Chicago and went to New Trier, a public but well off HS.  At NT, we had a classes of about 800, but pretty consistently stellar college placement results (few dozen ivy leagues, even more state flagship, etc)

In comparison, APS's college acceptances are shockingly poor.  I understand the narrative in Arlington for why; there are a lot of wealthy NOVA suburbs so high performing DMV HS seniors are a dime a dozen, so it is just harder to stand out.  But the sale argument also applies for the wealthier suburbs of Chicago that somehow have way better placement[/quote]

Hey OP, how do you know what the college acceptance results are across APS? The only acceptances I know for sure are my own kid, and then what my kid's friends choose to share. [/quote]
We only have the lists of where students attend for the comparison schools, as well.  We are comparing apples to apples.  [/quote]

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