Anonymous wrote:You folks realize that the denominators are accurate (naviance knows all the applications) but the numerators are only accurate if the kid came back and reported their results? My kid is represented at seven universities as an applicant, but not once as an acceptance.

He was accepted at many. He never went back to fill in the info.

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I feel that with APS, because so many pushy parents say the schools are good, people believe it to be so. But these parents — who are generally nerds with attitude and money — would never admit that something they chose is less than great.

The schools are generally good. However, something that hurts APS in the upper grades is that all its elementary schools have different approaches--ATS, science focus, montessori. This is what the parents want. But it is short-sighted.

When kids hit the secondary grades, APS MS teachers have to deal with kids from many different style schools, and are forced to teach to the middle or bottom to make sure all the students have the same information. Meanwhile, other VA counties, who have been teaching more uniformly from the beginning, can turn things up to get kids ready for advanced maths, APs and SATs.

APS will never be able to compete with this under its current system.

Anonymous wrote:You have to wonder what compels the FCPS people to come here and try to dump on APS at every turn. Most APS people don't give a shit about FCPS. If we cared, we'd live in Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't give a fig about Ivy admissions. What freaks me out is that only 30 of 103 applicants from Yorktown (29%) made it in to William and Mary, if these numbers to be believed. That is FAR less than 10% of the class. And 44 our of 160 made it into UVA -- again, well fewer than 10% of the class. It is hard for me to believe that most of the top 10% is not applying to these two excellent state schools. The oft-repeated adage from this forum that UVA and W&M will take everyone in the top 10% just doesn't seem to hold true, at ALL.

I am not sure why you expect better results. Langley and McLean attract more academically oriented families and Yorktown also loses top kids to W-L and HB Woodlawn every year. Some kids at YHS do well, but overall it under-performs relative to the income levels in North Arlington. This is nothing new. If it bothers you, send your kid to another school.

Is "more academically oriented families" code word for Asian? Because you FCPS families are deluding yourseves if you think the outcomes for your UMC white kid are different at Mclean or Langley than they are at Yorktown or WL.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't give a fig about Ivy admissions. What freaks me out is that only 30 of 103 applicants from Yorktown (29%) made it in to William and Mary, if these numbers to be believed. That is FAR less than 10% of the class. And 44 our of 160 made it into UVA -- again, well fewer than 10% of the class. It is hard for me to believe that most of the top 10% is not applying to these two excellent state schools. The oft-repeated adage from this forum that UVA and W&M will take everyone in the top 10% just doesn't seem to hold true, at ALL.

I am not sure why you expect better results. Langley and McLean attract more academically oriented families and Yorktown also loses top kids to W-L and HB Woodlawn every year. Some kids at YHS do well, but overall it under-performs relative to the income levels in North Arlington. This is nothing new. If it bothers you, send your kid to another school.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the bloodbath comment. If you’re smart, you can think of a word that actually fits. No one died. Those schools probably have 90-100% of their kids going to college. Everyone is getting into one or more schools. Just because the most selective ones aren’t FULL of students from one school doesn’t mean there was a “bloodbath.”

Bloodbath is a commonly used term to describe these kinds of nonviolent situations. Not sure why some people are being woke and defensive about it

The word you are looking for here is "shutout".

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the bloodbath comment. If you’re smart, you can think of a word that actually fits. No one died. Those schools probably have 90-100% of their kids going to college. Everyone is getting into one or more schools. Just because the most selective ones aren’t FULL of students from one school doesn’t mean there was a “bloodbath.”

Bloodbath is a commonly used term to describe these kinds of nonviolent situations. Not sure why some people are being woke and defensive about it

Anonymous wrote:Lol only 10 acceptances to Michigan out of 76 applicants, 13% acceptance rate, I'm so confused

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Anonymous wrote:I don't give a fig about Ivy admissions. What freaks me out is that only 30 of 103 applicants from Yorktown (29%) made it in to William and Mary, if these numbers to be believed. That is FAR less than 10% of the class. And 44 our of 160 made it into UVA -- again, well fewer than 10% of the class. It is hard for me to believe that most of the top 10% is not applying to these two excellent state schools. The oft-repeated adage from this forum that UVA and W&M will take everyone in the top 10% just doesn't seem to hold true, at ALL.

What is true is that in order to be accepted, a student is typically in the top 10% but certainly UVA and W&M do not accept everyone in the top 10% and I have never seen that said anywhere. I know many in the top 10% who were not accepted at one or the other, including my oldest who graduated from W-L in the top 10% a few years ago and was rejected by UVA and waitlisted by W&M.

I feel that with APS, because so many pushy parents say the schools are good, people believe it to be so. But these parents — who are generally nerds with attitude and money — would never admit that something they chose is less than great.

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It’s not news ... that APS has no magnet programs like TJ or Blair.

Hey moron, APS does have a magnet school. It's called TJHSST.