An0nym0u5

1. jerk who played the system obviously cant be blamed on princeton.

im ashamed though, of these future fellow princetonians of mine. *shakes head* our val also tried the college counselor play-your-way-in approach, but failed. most princetonians are really cool, though.

sempitern555

I agree, but if I just look at who got accepted where from my school

the people who got in to "top" schools were 2 to princeton(both athletes) 1 to columbia( no idea how she got in) 1 to brown (ED, good choice for brown) 1 to stanford(aforementioned quiet girl), 1 to Oxford(good pick by Oxford)

and finally....
1 to Duke(Me )

cannednish

Holy carpfish! That's pretty dang impressive...I used to not know anything about Deep Springs, but after I read up on them, I'm instantly in awe of anyone who gets in.

School does not rank, but the top guy got into

Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, and some other top schools (rejected from Upenn)

However...he recently graduated from the local community college by simultaneously completing high school and college at the same time. He graduated from CC his junior year and was rejected by all (minus Upenn, but he declined...hence his rejection this year. Did his senior year for "fun"). I guess he one-upped everyone since he had already applied everywhere.

Hamster

That's rather funny since many people would rank U Penn as one of the least competitive schools on that list. Just goes to show that sometimes it's a crapshoot.

Our valedictorian(s):
2005: Both going to University of Florida (not sure about other acceptances but money was better at UF)
2004: Rejected from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, attended Univeristy of Florida
2003: accepted lots of places, but went to Baylor because of her family's strong ties to the Baptist church and great aid package

Most of the top kids from my school end up at University of Florida. Unless you get accepted to some place really spectacular (like I'm hoping to next fall) it just doesn't make sense to lay down 40k a year when you can go to a public U in florida for next to nothing under the Bright Futures program.

anangrymailman

Mine got into MIT, Harvard, Yale, Penn, and was waitlisted at Columbia

Variance2004

Last year, Princeton
This year, MIT

sabertoothtiger

I'm my school's valedictorian (actually called "top scholar" now).

colleges:
Accepted - CMU, Caltech, Cornell, Penn State Schreyer, Georgia Tech
WL - MIT, Princeton
Rejected - Stanford

I'm going to CMU (school of computer science + half-tuition scholarship)

absofteflon

Our valedictorian went to PCC

CynthiaR

I'm one of 3 valedictorians at my school. I was accepted to Amherst (where I'm going), Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Reed, Oberlin, Colgate, Bowdoin, WVU, another state school, and rejected by Harvard. The other two are both going to a small, IMO poor college less than an hour from our school, and our sal is going there also (I think they accept anyone who gets over a 16 ACT). Last year also had 3; all went to WVU. Most people don't go far from home or out of state, and the guidance couselor we had until a month ago discourages it strongly.

Sdma89

The Valedictorian at my school is going to Duke. The Salutatorian is going to Duke as well.

sarorah

Both girls going to University of VA

LadyinRed

this year...dartmouth ED
last year...Upenn, not sure where else he got in..

thethoughtprocess

unviersity of pittsburg, villanova

TheKidd

He got into Brown, Duke, Stanford, Swarthmore, Columbia, Umich, Reed, NYU. He's going to Brown

Salutatorian is going to UPenn (The only college he applied to)

college2332

This Year:
Valedictorian -- Princeton
Salutatorian -- Harvard

Last Year:
Valedictorian -- Harvard
Salutatorian -- Stanford