Anonymous
Post 07/17/2012 22:04     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
I also think this list is pretty good and about what I would expect. It's actually pretty similar to the colleges my Yorktown classmates attended in the early 90s although instead of VCU and NOVA you could substitute less-prestigious out-of-state colleges. Keep in mind the demographics of W-L where I suppose a decent amount of kids may be the first in their family to go to college and this is a very good report. And I agree there may have been more Ivy acceptances than decisions to attend, especially if cost is a factor. I went to UVA and we certainly didn't send 14 kids to my class there my year...it was more like 5 or 6.


In the 90s, I expect Arlington high schools like Yorktown often had graduating classes below 300 students, as opposed to over 400 as is now the case. So that would lead to fewer grads heading to U. Va.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2012 21:29     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:I'd say the W-L list is pretty good.

5 to the ivies. UPenn, Yale (2), Cornell, and Columbia

In VA, 6 to W&M, 14 to UVA, 17 to JMU, 19 to VaTech, 12 to GMU, and large numbers to VCU and NOVA.

In DC: Georgetown, AU and GW.

2 to RISD; in Cali: Berkeley, UCLA; in NC: Davidson and Duke; in Georgia: 3 to Ga Tech; Carnegie Mellon; etc...

And lots of other liberal arts colleges and state schools throughout the US. It looks like between 1/3 to 1/2 of the class is going to college outside of Virginia.


I also think this list is pretty good and about what I would expect. It's actually pretty similar to the colleges my Yorktown classmates attended in the early 90s although instead of VCU and NOVA you could substitute less-prestigious out-of-state colleges. Keep in mind the demographics of W-L where I suppose a decent amount of kids may be the first in their family to go to college and this is a very good report. And I agree there may have been more Ivy acceptances than decisions to attend, especially if cost is a factor. I went to UVA and we certainly didn't send 14 kids to my class there my year...it was more like 5 or 6.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 20:44     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:"Is that really true for FCC HS, McLean, Langley, Yorktown? "

FWIW, I went to McLean and turned down Brown, Dartmouth, and Princeton for W&M. At the time, I had a bunch of scholarships that only applied if I went to a school in VA (didn't have to be public, just in VA). It ended up being a cost differential of $26-30K/year for the ivies v. $3k/year for W&M so that made up my mind. I can't imagine I'm the only person to make the same choice. (Of course, that was almost 20 years ago, but still.)


Nope, you aren't the only one. My husband was accepted at Dartmouth and Harvard and went to UVA instead on a full ride.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 16:32     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
I guess NoVA just likes to spread the wealth of talented students across many schools. Plus maybe there are more students that go to private than my 'ole small town. Lots of options.

VA definitely provides some high value options for college. Just hope that LOs can get in when it's time!
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 14:53     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
HB kids are not included in W/L's list either -- not a judgment, but figured I'd pass along since someone made the TJ point. I imagine about 1/3 of HB's kids are zoned for W/L. I know this year HB is sending kids to Columbia, Bowdoin, Middlebury, UVA, William and Mary, Tech.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 14:39     Subject: Re:Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Link to W-L paper:

http://www.crossedsabres.org/

Two students got into Yale, which is nice, but I was surprised by the low numbers of students going to U. Va, Tech and W&M, and the high number of W-L students headed for VCU and NoVa.


My nephews are in Fairfax co. and TEch, UVA, W&M are suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupper competitive for NOVA students. They have a quota on how many kids they will take from this area (at least UVA and WM do--not sure about Tech). My nephew got wait-listed at those VA schools and is on his way to VCU in the FAll. The kid had a fantastic GPA and awesome SAT scores too.


A lot of kids who didn't get into those schools would probably consider JMU, UMW, GMU and CNU before VCU, but VCU is definitely getting some kids with strong records these days. Some might also prefer Richmond's more urban setting to a place like Harrisonburg, which is fairly remote.


definitely...and a Medical school.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 14:27     Subject: Re:Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Link to W-L paper:

http://www.crossedsabres.org/

Two students got into Yale, which is nice, but I was surprised by the low numbers of students going to U. Va, Tech and W&M, and the high number of W-L students headed for VCU and NoVa.


My nephews are in Fairfax co. and TEch, UVA, W&M are suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupper competitive for NOVA students. They have a quota on how many kids they will take from this area (at least UVA and WM do--not sure about Tech). My nephew got wait-listed at those VA schools and is on his way to VCU in the FAll. The kid had a fantastic GPA and awesome SAT scores too.


A lot of kids who didn't get into those schools would probably consider JMU, UMW, GMU and CNU before VCU, but VCU is definitely getting some kids with strong records these days. Some might also prefer Richmond's more urban setting to a place like Harrisonburg, which is fairly remote.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 14:05     Subject: Re:Arlington High School College Acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Link to W-L paper:

http://www.crossedsabres.org/

Two students got into Yale, which is nice, but I was surprised by the low numbers of students going to U. Va, Tech and W&M, and the high number of W-L students headed for VCU and NoVa.


My nephews are in Fairfax co. and TEch, UVA, W&M are suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupper competitive for NOVA students. They have a quota on how many kids they will take from this area (at least UVA and WM do--not sure about Tech). My nephew got wait-listed at those VA schools and is on his way to VCU in the FAll. The kid had a fantastic GPA and awesome SAT scores too.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2012 14:02     Subject: Arlington High School College Acceptances
"Is that really true for FCC HS, McLean, Langley, Yorktown? "

FWIW, I went to McLean and turned down Brown, Dartmouth, and Princeton for W&M. At the time, I had a bunch of scholarships that only applied if I went to a school in VA (didn't have to be public, just in VA). It ended up being a cost differential of $26-30K/year for the ivies v. $3k/year for W&M so that made up my mind. I can't imagine I'm the only person to make the same choice. (Of course, that was almost 20 years ago, but still.)