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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just looked through the college admissions statistics section.  Other than UVa and William and Mary (no small thing, to be sure), the numbers for elite schools are terrible.[/quote]

That's been discussed on other threads ( possibly this one?) lots of northern va kids going to elite privates and TJ. Without a major hook, your Yorktown A student will be lucky to get into UVA. Too many kids. Colleges look for diversity for student bodies. That includes geographic. Your kid Better have an extraordinary talent. Otherwise forget it. [/quote]

No, the numbers for UVa don't indicate that.  But clearly, the Ivies aren't interested in these applicants.  My kid got into two Ivies and UVa (with Echols) from a so-so FCPS high school over 20 years ago.  We always heard that Arlington had the better school system, though.  I am now on to read the part about GT.  Sorry for the digression.  I just found it shockingly bad.[/quote]

20 years everything was much easier.  It now even requires a 4.0 and much higher SATs at the 2nd tier VA public Universities.

This is a bogus, anecdotal argument anyways.[/quote]

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