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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

It also means that mostly likely not everyone participated. If you're the one kid from Yorktown who got into Amherst, you might think twice about participating and having everyone know you're one of the tools who bragged about their college admissions to Arlington Magazine.

I really doubt that Arlington Magazine is directly communicating with the graduates. Much more likely that the schools are giving the magazine information based on what the schools know.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone move to Arlington thinking it's the ticket to an Ivy? That's just ridiculous. No public school is. I'm happy to live here for a short commute, good public services, a house I like, and a good education for my kids. DS wants to go to VA Tech and that's just fine with me, I'm sure he'll be well prepared and do well in life.

The reality is that if you are an Ivy grad from the days when it was relatively easy to get in, your kids are going to have a much, much harder time getting in unless you are donating a building. Doesn't matter where you live, it's just the numbers. It's a totally different game than 20-30 years ago.

+1. DH and I are both Ivy grads. If that was our only goal for our kid, we'd have them in private school. We are in public school because they are more in line with our values, and because we know that when we to go work every day, some of our colleagues are also Ivy grads, but even more of them graduated from good non-Ivy schools. We are all doing the same kind of work, are held in the same esteem, and are compensated under the same system that does not depend on our school credentials. Ivies aren't the end-all and be-all, and we are more concerned with our children's total well-being than with just the seal on their college diploma.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone move to Arlington thinking it's the ticket to an Ivy? That's just ridiculous. No public school is. I'm happy to live here for a short commute, good public services, a house I like, and a good education for my kids. DS wants to go to VA Tech and that's just fine with me, I'm sure he'll be well prepared and do well in life.

The reality is that if you are an Ivy grad from the days when it was relatively easy to get in, your kids are going to have a much, much harder time getting in unless you are donating a building. Doesn't matter where you live, it's just the numbers. It's a totally different game than 20-30 years ago.

I think a lot of people do, otherwise people would live in Alexandria.

Does anyone move to Arlington thinking it's the ticket to an Ivy? That's just ridiculous. No public school is. I'm happy to live here for a short commute, good public services, a house I like, and a good education for my kids. DS wants to go to VA Tech and that's just fine with me, I'm sure he'll be well prepared and do well in life.

The reality is that if you are an Ivy grad from the days when it was relatively easy to get in, your kids are going to have a much, much harder time getting in unless you are donating a building. Doesn't matter where you live, it's just the numbers. It's a totally different game than 20-30 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

It also means that mostly likely not everyone participated. If you're the one kid from Yorktown who got into Amherst, you might think twice about participating and having everyone know you're one of the tools who bragged about their college admissions to Arlington Magazine.

Keep rationalizing. The numbers aren’t good, period.

If you're unhappy with them, live somewhere else. We won't miss you.

Won’t change the facts that the numbers are disappointing.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

It also means that mostly likely not everyone participated. If you're the one kid from Yorktown who got into Amherst, you might think twice about participating and having everyone know you're one of the tools who bragged about their college admissions to Arlington Magazine.

Keep rationalizing. The numbers aren’t good, period.

If you're unhappy with them, live somewhere else. We won't miss you.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

It also means that mostly likely not everyone participated. If you're the one kid from Yorktown who got into Amherst, you might think twice about participating and having everyone know you're one of the tools who bragged about their college admissions to Arlington Magazine.

Keep rationalizing. The numbers aren’t good, period.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

It also means that mostly likely not everyone participated. If you're the one kid from Yorktown who got into Amherst, you might think twice about participating and having everyone know you're one of the tools who bragged about their college admissions to Arlington Magazine.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

That’s true, but it could simply mean that school officials did not personally review the admission or rejection methods. The numbers are ... not good.

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the answer just to move to a worse school district so our kids are bigger fish in a smaller pond?

Might work for the one or two families that took that approach and headed off to, say, Somewherelseville, VA. But if those kids couldn’t get to the top, that’s a net loss. And if too many people took this approach, the ecosystem in the pond changes. Much like it did over the past 25 years in nova. Offspring of very smart people moved in and started gobbling up UVA slots (and raising the quality of that school too, of course). That’s just going to continue with Amazon kids.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Read the opening paragraph of the piece, where the stress that the numbers are self-reported by students and school officials cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Anonymous wrote:We all want our children to have better than we did. Somehow that is not happening for this generation.

But if you live in, say, an expensive house in n Arlington, where crime is almost nonexistent, parks are plentiful, and the quality of life is all around good, how is that moving down on the socioeconomic ladder? Maybe it is for some rich people there—and there are some people of vast wealth there—but I just don’t know. The world won’t end if these kids have to go to UVA instead of an Ivy or Wake Forest instead of UVA.

Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students.

Anonymous wrote:These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey. Not all choose to participate. These stats are of limited value.

Somewhat limited value.