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    Irvine Valley College - The Blue Ocean Strategy to UCLA

    Panda, your analysis made a lot of sense as the top colleges accept a higher percentage of admission for transferring students from IVC than first-year high school students. Ranking is key to the college's reputation and business prospects. The household name websites extrapolate only the...
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    IUSD might not be best for college admission

    Elite colleges vie for top rankings. Dropout rates hurt the scoring therefore the administration must provide remedial tutoring assistance to the low performers to ensure graduation rate.
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    Admissions into UC broken down by schools

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    UC admits largest, most diverse class ever, but it was harder to get accepted

    At the current child birth rate, Hispanics multiplied like rabbits, and Asians, pandas. Soon, colleges will be begging for Asian applicants.
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    How Portola High compares to Uni or NHS

    Irvine Students= Asian Students. Noted!
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    How Portola High compares to Uni or NHS

    If you look hard, you will always find a few of my clever innovations in the Irvine market. Irvine is no longer my focus, and I have moved on and traded stop signs in front of my projects for signal lights. It's nice to see some old-timers here and especially the snarkiest ones.
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    How Portola High compares to Uni or NHS

    If your child has a potential for Ivies and that is great to have this inspiration to aim high within certain financial constraints. If you are thinking of buying a property in Irvine solely for the school district, let me forwarn you that your prodigy child, if not in the top three spots...
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    How Portola High compares to Uni or NHS

    https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/04/09/3-santa-ana-high-school-seniors-headed-to-harvard-in-the-fall/ Save yourself a stack of cash. Harvard accepted three students from Santa Ana High School last year.  Ivies are now changing their admission strategy to seek many more ?poster children...
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    Orange County Valedictorians for the Class of 2021

    https://de75ea37-391f-4e39-a1af-cfc55a9694bd.filesusr.com/ugd/2536f8_47c0f6e9921644f487a8037b5b692e05.pdf 3 Seniors from Santa Ana High Schools this year got accepted to Harvard.
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    Windy and FIRE!!!

    The newer section of Irvine known as the ?Northern Sphere?, during the entitlement process and under the watchful eyes of OCFA, prescribed an intense fuel mod zone. Planted in this zone are fire retardant plants such as succulents, and non drying varieties. The homes should survive the inferno...
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    Is 1800 sq ft too small for a 4br?

    I have always endorsed Cal Pac for its Samsung innovation. IMO the best little but well loaded entry level detached house full of spatial design and visual memory points for each of the plans. Other home builder would lose the volume and build SF in lieu of it. The analysis by some of you is...
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    2020 High School Rankings

    The Bay Area public schools definitely has a much higher caliber of students due to both peer pressure among students and Tiger parents. In Fremont where I designed homes the paramount criteria for home buyer is Mission San Jose. I said a long time ago that Beckman will eclipse the IUSD...
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    Irvine should have disclosed this a lot earlier

    https://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/25/orange-county-to-release-city-data-on-coronavirus-cases-starting-friday/ County Health reluctant to disclose cities with infection due to confidentiality. Finally a few days ago the county has to release information to alert the public. I do think...
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    Irvine should have disclosed this a lot earlier

    Irvine has 33 infections the most infected city in OC.
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    Irvine should have disclosed this a lot earlier

    The sad thing is I know more being on the opposite side of coast.
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