Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 10:39     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you. I asked our school counselor (not high school) who said she did not have this information and expressed doubt that the high schools would have it as well. I guess I could contact them directly, which is perhaps the next step. I have accessed naviance via the links she sent to me, but it does not appear to have information until your home school is updated to a high school with admissions data, eg, Wakefield or W&L or YHS. Presumably, this happens upon matriculation to 9th grace. Moreover, I was under the impression that Naviance had admission data, but not matriculation data. It is very difficult to glean particularly meaningful information from the published admission data where it’s very unclear how many actual students are applying to the same schools, as I am under the impression that kids apply to a lot more schools these days so one kid could account for many of the admissions.


25-30 years ago kids applied to maybe 4 schools via the Common App on average, and maybe one international school (UK or Canada). Students today apply to twice that number at a minimum.


College admissions are a $h1t show these days. Ever since Covid kids aren’t getting in so they apply everywhere. I have one in college and one in the process now.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 20:08     Subject: Re:APS: college matriculation data?
Pre-pandemic I remember reading the long list from each school, newspaper style that showed exactly where everyone was headed.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:57     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Right, I have the admission data but it could inflate APS actual results where one child accounts for many/some admissions and the waterfall effect of that analysis.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:56     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
I wouldn’t say it “matters so much.” I would say, I am interested in understanding APS high schools’ college matriculation for purposes of including that piece of information in an overall analysis of choosing a high school for my child. Again, agree fully that college is very much a small part of that analysis but it’s not a nothing burger either.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:54     Subject: Re:APS: college matriculation data?
This could be somewhat helpful. Arlington Magazíne gives data broken down by high school of colleges applied to and acceptances.

https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/arlington-class-2022-colleges-universities-applied-accepted/
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:48     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Anonymous wrote:Thank you for confirming my suspicions. So, it appears to make it very difficult to understand the meaning reality of APS’ success at college matriculation where one high achiever could potentially account for 5 or 6 or 7 of the admissions.

Why does this matter so much?
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:42     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Thank you for confirming my suspicions. So, it appears to make it very difficult to understand the meaning reality of APS’ success at college matriculation where one high achiever could potentially account for 5 or 6 or 7 of the admissions.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:40     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Anonymous wrote:Thank you. I asked our school counselor (not high school) who said she did not have this information and expressed doubt that the high schools would have it as well. I guess I could contact them directly, which is perhaps the next step. I have accessed naviance via the links she sent to me, but it does not appear to have information until your home school is updated to a high school with admissions data, eg, Wakefield or W&L or YHS. Presumably, this happens upon matriculation to 9th grace. Moreover, I was under the impression that Naviance had admission data, but not matriculation data. It is very difficult to glean particularly meaningful information from the published admission data where it’s very unclear how many actual students are applying to the same schools, as I am under the impression that kids apply to a lot more schools these days so one kid could account for many of the admissions.


25-30 years ago kids applied to maybe 4 schools via the Common App on average, and maybe one international school (UK or Canada). Students today apply to twice that number at a minimum.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 19:35     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Thank you. I asked our school counselor (not high school) who said she did not have this information and expressed doubt that the high schools would have it as well. I guess I could contact them directly, which is perhaps the next step. I have accessed naviance via the links she sent to me, but it does not appear to have information until your home school is updated to a high school with admissions data, eg, Wakefield or W&L or YHS. Presumably, this happens upon matriculation to 9th grace. Moreover, I was under the impression that Naviance had admission data, but not matriculation data. It is very difficult to glean particularly meaningful information from the published admission data where it’s very unclear how many actual students are applying to the same schools, as I am under the impression that kids apply to a lot more schools these days so one kid could account for many of the admissions.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 17:50     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Ask the guidance counselor at your school. They should be able to provide the specific info you’re looking for. Just keep in mind it’s not all accurate - some kids don’t report. You could check Naviance.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 17:18     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
They published something at one of the school board meetings that showed the colleges for each HS.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 16:49     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Anonymous wrote:Thank you, but I mean specific colleges/# of kids who matriculate. I can see that, for example, 2 kids got accepted to (example) Univ of Vermont and 3 kids got accepted to Univ of Delaware but there is no way to tell if that’s 5 different kids or 3 different kids. (That was a hypothetical only).


The senior classes would usually publish a list of the colleges graduating seniors planned to attend in the fall at the end of the school year (roughly a decade ago), but they no longer do that. Now I think the schools’ guidance departments are the only way to get that info.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 16:02     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Thank you, but I mean specific colleges/# of kids who matriculate. I can see that, for example, 2 kids got accepted to (example) Univ of Vermont and 3 kids got accepted to Univ of Delaware but there is no way to tell if that’s 5 different kids or 3 different kids. (That was a hypothetical only).
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 14:34     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
I seem to recall they release some states in the summer I think.

No big mystery though - it’s exactly what you think it is going to be - Yorktown and W-L very high, Wakefield much lower
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2023 13:43     Subject: APS: college matriculation data?
Is this information available anywhere, preferably broken down by Arlington high school? I am not interested in admittance/acceptance rates. I am an APS parent.