Anonymous
05/28/2026 12:42
Subject: Re:Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
Not all students post their college destination on Insta. Not all UVA admits accept. And those that decline UVA do so for various reasons. Insufficient data to make any credible insights or conclusions.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 12:08
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
The average SAT and ACT is higher at Langley than at Marshall.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 11:16
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
I heard that UVA is focusing less on school and more on zip code. Heard this from a friend in another part of Virginia. Since kids move to different high schools for different reason and programs and since many zip codes are included in each schools boundaries anyway, could there be some truth to this?
Anonymous
05/28/2026 08:47
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
While it's an incomplete data set, I do believe the IB curriculum is holding back some of the top kids at Marshall (I'm a Marshall parent). The way math and science classes are taught within IB puts them at a disadvantage compared to AP.
That said, the IG is a subset of kids that report. Looking at Marshall's Naviance, there's a pretty clear line at a WGPA of 4.40 where it's almost all green checks for UVA.
That said, the IG is a subset of kids that report. Looking at Marshall's Naviance, there's a pretty clear line at a WGPA of 4.40 where it's almost all green checks for UVA.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 08:33
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
I think the Instagram postings are reliable. They are just incomplete.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 08:20
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
This doesn’t look like a reliable data set. I would not draw any conclusions from it.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 07:02
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
Anonymous wrote:So I did some rough unscientific counting on the FCPS hs instagrams. Marshall had about 180 kids report, about 6 are headed to uva. Madison had 14 uva, I didn’t count the # reporting. McLean high has about 36, with 345 reporting.
Obviously the # of kids affects results, as does the economic diversity of the hs. Marshall has some impressive destinations like Caltech, Hopkins, Vanderbilt but those seem more outliers than the norm. McLean has many more top tier as well as general name brand. A lot of that is reflects who moves to McLean and why.
The uva thing is a little surprising to me bc dcum conventional wisdom is that uva seeks to distribute acceptances roughly equally between low, middle, and high Ses high schools—which roughly works out to 5% per school, to the point where people on this site often moan how it’s “easier” to get to uva from a lower Ses high school than a richer public.
Still, the Marshall #s for both uva and namebrand/top schools is noticeably lower. I believe Marshall high has about high # of kids who do the full ib diploma, so it had many bright and strong students. Do people think the differences reflect social class, a ton of Marshall kids just not reporting that they’re going to UVa or not being into bragging about their results, more Marshall kids turning down uva for cheaper options, Marshall students not doing as well in admissions bc of IB (seems unlikely?), Marshall kids being less likely to have college consultants than mclean kids (also related to social class)…?
Curious to hear any theories!
The graduating class is larger than what is posted. I know of several kids going to UVA from Marshall that didn’t post.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 21:53
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
Who cares? Worry about your own kid.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 21:24
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
My kid goes to Marshall and I had the same thought. I think most kids don't post.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 21:21
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
garbage in, garbage out. You don't have very good data to draw any conclusions from.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 21:00
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
Most kids dont post to insta
Anonymous
05/27/2026 20:50
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
Madison had 146 post to insta
Anonymous
05/27/2026 20:48
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
(Part of my curiosity is also bc Marshall, while notably more economically diverse than madison and mclean, still has a high concentration of affluent students)
Anonymous
05/27/2026 20:47
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
In the second paragraph, I meant to say, the # of kids reporting—as in posting their college destinations—affects the results listed
Anonymous
05/27/2026 20:45
Subject: Marshall high, college results/uva vs other FCPS— theories?
So I did some rough unscientific counting on the FCPS hs instagrams. Marshall had about 180 kids report, about 6 are headed to uva. Madison had 14 uva, I didn’t count the # reporting. McLean high has about 36, with 345 reporting.
Obviously the # of kids affects results, as does the economic diversity of the hs. Marshall has some impressive destinations like Caltech, Hopkins, Vanderbilt but those seem more outliers than the norm. McLean has many more top tier as well as general name brand. A lot of that is reflects who moves to McLean and why.
The uva thing is a little surprising to me bc dcum conventional wisdom is that uva seeks to distribute acceptances roughly equally between low, middle, and high Ses high schools—which roughly works out to 5% per school, to the point where people on this site often moan how it’s “easier” to get to uva from a lower Ses high school than a richer public.
Still, the Marshall #s for both uva and namebrand/top schools is noticeably lower. I believe Marshall high has about high # of kids who do the full ib diploma, so it had many bright and strong students. Do people think the differences reflect social class, a ton of Marshall kids just not reporting that they’re going to UVa or not being into bragging about their results, more Marshall kids turning down uva for cheaper options, Marshall students not doing as well in admissions bc of IB (seems unlikely?), Marshall kids being less likely to have college consultants than mclean kids (also related to social class)…?
Curious to hear any theories!
Obviously the # of kids affects results, as does the economic diversity of the hs. Marshall has some impressive destinations like Caltech, Hopkins, Vanderbilt but those seem more outliers than the norm. McLean has many more top tier as well as general name brand. A lot of that is reflects who moves to McLean and why.
The uva thing is a little surprising to me bc dcum conventional wisdom is that uva seeks to distribute acceptances roughly equally between low, middle, and high Ses high schools—which roughly works out to 5% per school, to the point where people on this site often moan how it’s “easier” to get to uva from a lower Ses high school than a richer public.
Still, the Marshall #s for both uva and namebrand/top schools is noticeably lower. I believe Marshall high has about high # of kids who do the full ib diploma, so it had many bright and strong students. Do people think the differences reflect social class, a ton of Marshall kids just not reporting that they’re going to UVa or not being into bragging about their results, more Marshall kids turning down uva for cheaper options, Marshall students not doing as well in admissions bc of IB (seems unlikely?), Marshall kids being less likely to have college consultants than mclean kids (also related to social class)…?
Curious to hear any theories!