<p>Interesting that golffather “picked” TC Williams to highlight above. Although he is from NoVa, as 89wahoo noted he appears unfamiliar with TCW – probably one of the most unique high schools in the Commonwealth, if not the US as a whole. As the only public high school in the City of Alexandria, it has an incredibly diverse population, not only ethnically, but also economically – including from the wealthiest families in Old Town and elsewhere in the city to almost all of the students residing in public or section 8 housing. Alexandria is the only NoVa school division that does not participate in Thomas Jefferson, and the school offers a broad range of AP classes to its students. As 89wahoo also suggested, the school regularly sends its stop students to Ivy League and other highly selective colleges and universities. On average 30+ students a year are offered admission to UVa, including several Echols Scholars offers. Many TC Williams students enter UVa with 20+ hours of college credit. Fortunately, for TC Williams students, while some aspects of the school’s profile read like one from an urban school, most admissions officers throughout Virginia and the Northeast are quite familiar with the uniqueness of TC Williams. As a result, those students with a strong college-prep background from the school are very successful in the college admissions process.</p>