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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe even that, without proof that has not to date been forthcoming.  [/quote]

True. There's no proof. It's just conjecture. 750 students is a huge class. If the average Northern Va high school which is much smaller than TC has between 5-10 ivy leave bound seniors, then at least 10 or so sounds reasonable for TC. But we won't know for sure unless the school publishes those stats. [/quote]

This is the list Mort Sherman wrote in a "we're making progress" editorial in an Alexandria newspaper. I don't think it ratifies the concept of dozens of acceptances.

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2012/may/24/commentary-making-progress-transforming-tc-william/

[i]The colleges these students will attend this fall include Alexandria School of Practical Nursing, Art Institute of Dallas, Bennett College, Brigham Young University, Case Western Reserve University, Catholic University, Christopher Newport University, Colgate University, College of William and Mary, Columbia College Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Davidson College, Emory University, Ferrum College, George Fox University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Gettysburg College, Hampton University, Harvey Mudd College, James Madison University, Johns Hopkins University, Longwood University, Marshall University, Mary Baldwin College, Marymount University, New York University, Northern Virginia Community College, Northwestern University, The Ohio State University, Old Dominion University, Philadelphia University, Radford University, Richard Bland College, San Diego State University, Syracuse University, Tulane University, Tuskegee University, and the University of California at Santa Barbara."[/i]

So, I see Columbia and Cornell. I guess it is possible two students got accepted to all 8 Ivies, but I'm having some difficulty with the notion of "dozens" accepted.  I similarly have a problem believing they chose not to attend, especially since this list is attached to a Scholarship of Alexandria list.[/quote]

There must've been some ivy league bound students that did not receive the Scholarship of Alexandria. But who knows how many. [/quote]

You're reaching there, friend.[/quote]

But aren't there TC families "with money?" Where are the TC boosters? There must be another list someplace. [/quote]

I have not seen a full list but I just saw burgundy farm's list of college destinations for the 8graders who graduated from burgundy four years ago, together with their high schools. I was struck by the fact that the burgundy kids who went to TC had particularly impressive college destinations. If I recall correctly it was something like yale, yale, U Chicago, Oberlin another excellent school. Maybe princeton? In any case: I am not a TC booster-- I took my kids out of an ACPS elementary school to send them to burgundy-- but at this point my plan is for them to go to TC after Burgundy. 
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