Anonymous
11/20/2017 08:29
Subject: Re:APS high schools in Great Schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.
APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.
The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.
"Those are just state schools?" Ok. Because no one who attends a good state school ever does anything meaningful with their life...
UVa and William & Mary are very good institutions -- no knocking them. However, beyond these two in-state schools, APS' rate of sending graduates to Top 25 universities or Top 25 liberal arts colleges is abysmal. In sum, if your top/reach schools are UVa or W&M, APS is fine.
DP. This. Exactly.
Have you seen the acceptance rates at the top universities in the US? They're in the low single digits. Which means UVA is a "reach" school for about 90% of the students in this area ...and the vast majority won't get in.
Especially if they're applying from the same High Schools, since they only take roughly top 10% from any one school.
Anonymous
11/20/2017 08:21
Subject: Re:APS high schools in Great Schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.
APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.
The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.
"Those are just state schools?" Ok. Because no one who attends a good state school ever does anything meaningful with their life...
UVa and William & Mary are very good institutions -- no knocking them. However, beyond these two in-state schools, APS' rate of sending graduates to Top 25 universities or Top 25 liberal arts colleges is abysmal. In sum, if your top/reach schools are UVa or W&M, APS is fine.
DP. This. Exactly.
Have you seen the acceptance rates at the top universities in the US? They're in the low single digits. Which means UVA is a "reach" school for about 90% of the students in this area ...and the vast majority won't get in.
Anonymous
11/16/2017 21:50
Subject: Re:APS high schools in Great Schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.
APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.
The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.
"Those are just state schools?" Ok. Because no one who attends a good state school ever does anything meaningful with their life...
UVa and William & Mary are very good institutions -- no knocking them. However, beyond these two in-state schools, APS' rate of sending graduates to Top 25 universities or Top 25 liberal arts colleges is abysmal. In sum, if your top/reach schools are UVa or W&M, APS is fine.
DP. This. Exactly.
Anonymous
11/16/2017 21:47
Subject: Re:APS high schools in Great Schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.
APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.
The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.
"Those are just state schools?" Ok. Because no one who attends a good state school ever does anything meaningful with their life...
UVa and William & Mary are very good institutions -- no knocking them. However, beyond these two in-state schools, APS' rate of sending graduates to Top 25 universities or Top 25 liberal arts colleges is abysmal. In sum, if your top/reach schools are UVa or W&M, APS is fine.