Best schools for getting into HYP

krazykool · January 17, 2008, 9:28pm

LOL my school is in the top 30. Where is your school?

1 Roxbury Latin School West Roxbury, MA Private/M <a href=“http://www.roxburylatin.org%5B/url%5D”>www.roxburylatin.org</a> 21.11% 42 $14,000.00 50

2 Brearley School New York City Private/F [The</a> Brearley School](<a href=“http://www.brearley.org%5DThe”>http://www.brearley.org) 20.90% 37 $22,850.00 44

3 Collegiate School New York City Private/M [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.collegiateschool.org%5DPlease”>http://www.collegiateschool.org) 20.00% 42 $22,300.00 53

4 Groton School Groton, MA Private <a href=“http://www.groton.org%5B/url%5D”>www.groton.org</a> 17.86% 60 $24,115.00 84

5 Dalton School New York City Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.dalton.org%5DPlease”>http://www.dalton.org) 17.58% 77 $23,200.00 110

6 Spence School New York City Private/F <a href=“http://www.spenceschool.org%5B/url%5D”>www.spenceschool.org</a> 17.16% 29 $20,700.00 42

7 Horace Mann School Bronx, NY Private [Welcome</a> to The Horace Mann School](<a href=“http://www.horacemann.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.horacemann.org) 16.77% 106 $22,980.00 158

8 Winsor School Boston Private/F [The</a> Winsor School](<a href=“http://www.winsor.edu%5DThe”>http://www.winsor.edu) 16.74% 36 $22,600.00 54

9 Milton Academy Milton, MA Private [Milton</a> Academy : Homepage](<a href=“http://www.milton.edu%5DMilton”>http://www.milton.edu) 15.84% 109 $22,950.00 172

10 Phillips Academy Andover, MA Private [Phillips</a> Academy Andover - an independent boarding high school](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu%5DPhillips”>http://www.andover.edu) 15.68% 167 $22,160.00 266

11 Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH Private [Phillips</a> Exeter Academy | Home](<a href=“http://www.exeter.edu%5DPhillips”>http://www.exeter.edu) 14.75% 153 $21,700.00 259

12 Trinity School New York City Private [Trinity</a> School](<a href=“http://www.trinityschoolnyc.org%5DTrinity”>http://www.trinityschoolnyc.org) 14.60% 66 $22,045.00 113

13 St. Albans School Washington, DC Private/M [Untitled</a> Document](<a href=“http://www.sta.cathedral.org%5DUntitled”>http://www.sta.cathedral.org) 14.11% 46 $20,878.00 82

14 Chapin School New York City Private/F [The</a> Chapin School](<a href=“http://www.chapin.edu%5DThe”>http://www.chapin.edu) 14.09% 20 $20,400.00 36

15 St. Paul School3 Concord, NH Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.sps.edu%5DPlease”>http://www.sps.edu) 13.70% 77 $29,650.00 141

16 Saint Ann School Brooklyn, NY Private [Saint</a> Ann’s School Home Page](<a href=“http://www.saintanns.k12.ny.us/]Saint”>http://www.saintanns.k12.ny.us/) 13.54% 39 $18,400.00 72

17 National Cathedral School Washington, DC Private/F [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.ncs.cathedral.org%5DPlease”>http://www.ncs.cathedral.org) 12.72% 37 $18,750.00 73

18 Polytechnic School Pasadena, CA Private [Polytechnic</a> School - Pasadena, California](<a href=“http://www.polytechnic.org%5DPolytechnic”>http://www.polytechnic.org) 11.88% 41 $15,425.00 86

19 Hotchkiss School Lakeville, CT Private [The</a> Hotchkiss School](<a href=“http://www.hotchkiss.org%5DThe”>http://www.hotchkiss.org) 11.01% 60 $24,200.00 136

20 Brunswick School Greenwich, CT Private/M [Brunswick</a> School](<a href=“http://www.brunswickschool.org%5DBrunswick”>http://www.brunswickschool.org) 10.86% 24 $20,400.00 55

21 Deerfield Academy Deerfield, MA Private [Deerfield</a> Academy :: an independent, coeducational boarding high school](<a href=“http://www.deerfield.edu%5DDeerfield”>http://www.deerfield.edu) 10.77% 76 $21,500.00 177

22 Potomac School McLean, VA Private [Potomac</a> School](<a href=“http://www.potomacschool.org%5DPotomac”>http://www.potomacschool.org) 10.35% 30 $18,960.00 73

23 Belmont Hill School Belmont, MA Private/M [Welcome</a> to Belmont Hill](<a href=“http://www.belmont-hill.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.belmont-hill.org) 9.69% 28 $22,240.00 72

24 Baldwin School Bryn Mawr, PA Private/F [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.baldwinschool.org%5DPlease”>http://www.baldwinschool.org) 9.52% 16 $17,575.00 42

25 Maimonides School Brookline, MA Private [Maimonides</a> School: Jewish Day School for Grades K-12 serving Newton and Brookline, Massachusetts and the Greater Boston Area](<a href=“http://www.maimonides.org%5DMaimonides”>http://www.maimonides.org) 9.42% 18 $12,500.00 48

26 Hunter College High School New York City Public4 [Welcome[/url</a>] 9.36% 67 $0.00 179

27 Gilman School Baltimore Private/M [url=<a href=“http://www.gilman.edu%5DGilman”>http://www.gilman.edu]Gilman</a> School - Home - Home](<a href=“http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu%5DWelcome%5B/url”>http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu) 9.35% 40 $15,260.00 107

28 Sidwell Friends School Washington, DC Private [Sidwell</a> Friends School » News and Events](<a href=“http://www.sidwell.edu%5DSidwell”>http://www.sidwell.edu) 8.99% 40 $19,900.00 111

29 Hopkins School New Haven, CT Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.hopkins.edu%5DPlease”>http://www.hopkins.edu) 8.97% 41 $20,000.00 114

30 Pingry School Martinsville, NJ Private [The</a> Pingry School](<a href=“http://www.pingry.k12.nj.us%5DThe”>http://www.pingry.k12.nj.us) 8.84% 45 $19,405.00 127

31 St. John School Houston Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.sjs.org%5DPlease”>http://www.sjs.org) 8.70% 43 $12,800.00 124

32 Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Cambridge, MA Private [Buckingham</a> Browne & Nichols - Knightline](<a href=“http://www.bbn-school.org%5DBuckingham”>http://www.bbn-school.org) 8.65% 39 $23,230.00 113

33 Lakeside School Seattle Private [Lakeside</a> School](<a href=“http://www.lakesideschool.org%5DLakeside”>http://www.lakesideschool.org) .09% 39 $17,525.00 114

34 Harvard-Westlake School North Hollywood, CA Private [Harvard-Westlake</a> School](<a href=“http://www.harvardwestlake.com%5DHarvard-Westlake”>http://www.harvardwestlake.com) 8.24% 88 $18,500.00 267

35 San Francisco University High School San Francisco Private [San</a> Francisco University HS](<a href=“http://www.sfuhs.org%5DSan”>http://www.sfuhs.org) 8.23% 32 $21,400.00 97

36 Episcopal Academy Merion, PA Private <a href=“http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us%5B/url%5D”>www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us</a> 7.78% 33 $16,750.00 106

37 Greenhill School Addison, TX Private [Greenhill</a> School Online](<a href=“http://www.greenhill.org%5DGreenhill”>http://www.greenhill.org) 7.75% 30 $14,800.00 97

38 Haverford School Haverford, PA Private/M [The</a> Haverford School](<a href=“http://www.haverford.org%5DThe”>http://www.haverford.org) 7.75% 21 $18,000.00 68

39 Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ Private [The</a> Lawrenceville School](<a href=“http://www.lawrenceville.org%5DThe”>http://www.lawrenceville.org) 7.67% 64 $23,000.00 209

40 Regis High School New York City Private/M [Regis</a> High School](<a href=“http://www.regis-nyc.org%5DRegis”>http://www.regis-nyc.org) 7.65% 40 $0.00 131

41 Ransom Everglades School Miami Private [Ransom</a> Everglades School](<a href=“http://www.ransomeverglades.org%5DRansom”>http://www.ransomeverglades.org) 7.60% 39 $16,135.00 128

42 Holton-Arms School Bethesda, MD Private/F <a href=“http://www.holton-arms.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.holton-arms.edu</a> 7.54% 23 $19,075.00 76

43 Georgetown Day School Washington, DC Private [Georgetown</a> Day School](<a href=“http://www.gds.org%5DGeorgetown”>http://www.gds.org) 7.46% 34 $19,630.00 114

44 Greenwich Academy Greenwich, CT Private/F [Welcome</a> to Greenwich Academy](<a href=“http://www.greenwichacademy.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.greenwichacademy.org) 7.41% 16 $20,300.00 54

45 St. Andrew School3 Middletown, DE Private [St</a>. Andrew’s School](<a href=“http://www.standrews-de.org%5DSt”>http://www.standrews-de.org) 7.38% 20 $26,600.00 68

46 Fieldston School (Ethical Culture Fieldston School) Bronx, NY Private [Ethical</a> Culture Fieldston School](<a href=“http://www.ecfs.org%5DEthical”>http://www.ecfs.org) 7.31% 38 $22,800.00 130

47 Germantown Friends School Philadelphia Private [Mac</a> OS X Server](<a href=“http://www.gfsnet.org%5DMac”>http://www.gfsnet.org) 7.30% 24 $14,430.00 82

48 Delbarton School Morristown, NJ Private/M [Delbarton</a> School](<a href=“http://www.delbarton.org%5DDelbarton”>http://www.delbarton.org) 7.29% 33 $18,000.00 113

49 Landon School Bethesda, MD Private/M <a href=“http://www.landon.net%5B/url%5D”>www.landon.net</a> 7.22% 20 $20,200.00 69

50 Professional Children School New York City Private <a href=“http://www.pcs-nyc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.pcs-nyc.org</a> 7.19% 12 $19,000.00 42

51 Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT Private <a href=“http://www.choate.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.choate.edu</a> 7.16% 65 $21,540.00 227

52 Tower Hill School Wilmington, DE Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.towerhill.org%5DPlease”>http://www.towerhill.org) 6.91% 15 $15,640.00 54

53 Crystal Springs Uplands School Hillsborough, CA Private [Crystal</a> Springs Uplands School](<a href=“http://www.csus.com%5DCrystal”>http://www.csus.com) 6.84% 16 $19,350.00 59

54 Hackley School Tarrytown, NY Private [Hackley</a> School](<a href=“http://www.hackleyschool.org%5DHackley”>http://www.hackleyschool.org) 6.65% 25 $21,400.00 94

55 Bryn Mawr School Baltimore Private/F [The</a> Bryn Mawr School](<a href=“http://www.brynmawrschool.org%5DThe”>http://www.brynmawrschool.org) 6.65% 21 $16,725.00 79

56 Hathaway Brown School Shaker Heights, OH Private/F <a href=“http://www.hb.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.hb.edu</a> 6.60% 13 $15,980.00 49

57 College Preparatory School Oakland, CA Private [College</a> Prep Web — College Prep Web](<a href=“http://www.college-prep.org%5DCollege”>http://www.college-prep.org) 6.50% 21 $18,575.00 81

58 Taft School Watertown, CT Private [The</a> Taft School](<a href=“http://www.taftschool.org%5DThe”>http://www.taftschool.org) 6.45% 39 $21,000.00 151

59 Princeton High School Princeton, NJ Public [Welcome</a> to Princeton Regional Schools](<a href=“http://www.prs.k12.nj.us%5DWelcome”>http://www.prs.k12.nj.us) 6.30% 65 $0.00 258

60 Greens Farms Academy Greens Farms, CT Private <a href=“http://www.gfacademy.org%5B/url%5D”>www.gfacademy.org</a> 6.25% 12 $21,800.00 48

61 Maret School Washington, DC Private [Maret</a> School](<a href=“http://www.maret.org%5DMaret”>http://www.maret.org) 6.20% 17 $19,850.00 69

62 Head-Royce School Oakland, CA Private [Head-Royce[/url</a>] 6.19% 19 $18,850.00 77

63 John Burroughs School St. Louis Private [url=<a href=“http://www.jburroughs.org%5DJohn”>http://www.jburroughs.org]John</a> Burroughs School Home Page](<a href=“http://www.headroyce.org%5DHead-Royce%5B/url”>http://www.headroyce.org) 6.15% 24 $14,600.00 98

64 Menlo School Atherton, CA Private [Menlo</a> School](<a href=“http://www.menloschool.org%5DMenlo”>http://www.menloschool.org) 6.11% 32 $21,625.00 131

65 Agnes Irwin School Rosemont, PA Private/F [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.agnesirwin.org%5DPlease”>http://www.agnesirwin.org) 6.09% 12 $17,800.00 49

66 Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Princeton, NJ Private <a href=“http://www.stuart.k12.nj.us%5B/url%5D”>www.stuart.k12.nj.us</a> 6.09% 7 $19,000.00 29

67 Westminster Schools Atlanta Private [The</a> Westminster Schools](<a href=“http://www.westminster.net%5DThe”>http://www.westminster.net) .06% 46 $13,852.00 193

68 Pembroke Hill School Kansas City, MO Private <a href=“http://www.pembrokehill.org%5B/url%5D”>www.pembrokehill.org</a> 5.93% 23 $12,270.00 97

69 Marlborough School Los Angeles Private/F [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.marlboroughschool.org%5DPlease”>http://www.marlboroughschool.org) 5.90% 18 $18,600.00 76

70 Bishop School La Jolla, CA Private [The</a> Bishop’s School Home Page](<a href=“http://www.bishops.com%5DThe”>http://www.bishops.com) 5.90% 24 $15,200.00 102

71 Thomas Jefferson H.S. for Science and Tech. Alexandria, VA Public4 [TJHSST</a> News - Main](<a href=“http://www.tjhsst.edu%5DTJHSST”>http://www.tjhsst.edu) 5.89% 95 $0.00 403

72 Seven Hills School Cincinnati Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.7hills.org%5DPlease”>http://www.7hills.org) 5.81% 14 $13,100.00 60

73 Noble and Greenough School Dedham, MA Private [Welcome</a> to the Noble and Greenough School](<a href=“http://www.nobles.edu%5DWelcome”>http://www.nobles.edu) 5.67% 23 $22,700.00 102

74 Community School of Naples Naples, FL Private <a href=“http://www.csn.naples.fl.us%5B/url%5D”>www.csn.naples.fl.us</a> 5.56% 7 $15,478.00 32

75 Castilleja School Palo Alto, CA Private/F [Castilleja[/url</a>] 5.43% 12 $19,570.00 55

76 Nightingale-Bamford School New York City Private/F [url=<a href=“http://www.nightingale.org%5DPlease”>http://www.nightingale.org]Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.castilleja.org%5DCastilleja%5B/url”>http://www.castilleja.org) 5.39% 9 $21,375.00 42

77 Convent of the Sacred Heart New York City Private/F <a href=“http://www.cshnyc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.cshnyc.org</a> 5.36% 9 $21,650.00 42

78 Packer Collegiate Institute Brooklyn, NY Private [The</a> Packer Collegiate Institute](<a href=“http://www.packer.edu%5DThe”>http://www.packer.edu) 5.34% 11 $18,500.00 52

79 Chadwick School Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA Private [Chadwick</a> School’s Website has Moved!](<a href=“http://www.chadwick-k12.com%5DChadwick”>http://www.chadwick-k12.com) 5.23% 16 $16,254.00 77

80 William Penn Charter School Philadelphia Private [William</a> Penn Charter School](<a href=“http://www.penncharter.com%5DWilliam”>http://www.penncharter.com) 5.03% 18 $16,130.00 90

81 Scarsdale High School Scarsdale, NY Public [Scarsdale</a> Public Schools Home Page](<a href=“http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us%5DScarsdale”>http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us) 4.91% 58 $0.00 295

82 Princeton Day School Princeton, NJ Private [Princeton</a> Day School](<a href=“http://www.pds.org%5DPrinceton”>http://www.pds.org) 4.88% 16 $20,000.00 82

83 Ramaz School New York City Private [Ramaz</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.ramaz.org%5DRamaz”>http://www.ramaz.org) 4.88% 24 $18,450.00 123

84 Kent Place School SUMMIT, NJ Private [Kent</a> Place School : We Believe in the Concept of Excellence Individually Defined](<a href=“http://www.kentplace.org%5DKent”>http://www.kentplace.org) 4.88% 10 $20,109.00 51

85 Peddie School Hightstown, NJ Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.peddie.org%5DPlease”>http://www.peddie.org) 4.81% 24 $21,300.00 125

86 Indian Springs School Indian Springs, AL Private [Welcome</a> to Indian Springs School](<a href=“http://www.indiansprings.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.indiansprings.org) 4.76% 11 $11,750.00 58

87 Bronxville High School Bronxville, NY Public [Bronxville</a> School District](<a href=“http://www.bronxville.k12.ny.us%5DBronxville”>http://www.bronxville.k12.ny.us) 4.71% 16 $0.00 85

88 Canterbury School Fort Myers, FL Private <a href=“http://www.canterbury.pvt.k12.fl.us%5B/url%5D”>www.canterbury.pvt.k12.fl.us</a> 4.70% 7 $12,490.00 37

89 Riverdale Country School Bronx, NY Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.riverdale.edu%5DPlease”>http://www.riverdale.edu) 4.65% 21 $23,900.00 113

90 Millburn High School Millburn, NJ Public [Millburn</a> Township Public Schools](<a href=“http://www.millburn.org%5DMillburn”>http://www.millburn.org) 4.64% 37 $0.00 200

91 University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Chicago Private [University</a> of Chicago Laboratory Schools](<a href=“http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu) 4.63% 21 $15,201.00 114

92 Allendale Columbia School Rochester, NY Private [Allendale</a> Columbia](<a href=“http://www.allendalecolumbia.org%5DAllendale”>http://www.allendalecolumbia.org) 4.51% 6 $13,350.00 33

93 Altamont School Birmingham, AL Private [The</a> Altamont School](<a href=“http://www.altamontschool.org%5DThe”>http://www.altamontschool.org) 4.42% 8 $11,184.00 45

94 St. Andrew Episcopal School Ridgeland, MS Private [Welcome</a> to St. Andrew’s Episcopal School](<a href=“http://www.gosaints.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.gosaints.org) 4.42% 11 $7,800.00 62

95 Shady Side Academy Pittsburgh Private [Shady</a> Side Academy - Western Pennsylvania Independent Private School, grades K-12, 5-Day Boarding available grades 9-12](<a href=“http://www.shadysideacademy.org%5DShady”>http://www.shadysideacademy.org) 4.40% 22 $16,850.00 125

96 Hawken School Gates Mills, OH Private <a href=“http://www.hawken.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.hawken.edu</a> 4.38% 19 $14,975.00 109

97 University School Hunting Valley, OH Private/M [University</a> School](<a href=“http://www.us.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.us.edu) 4.36% 17 $17,515.00 98

98 Bancroft School Worcester, MA Private [Bancroft</a> School](<a href=“http://www.bancroftschool.org%5DBancroft”>http://www.bancroftschool.org) 4.35% 10 $16,650.00 58

99 Pine Crest School Fort Lauderdale, FL Private [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.pinecrest.edu%5DPlease”>http://www.pinecrest.edu) 4.33% 31 $14,500.00 179

100 St. Mark School of Texas Dallas Private/M [Please</a> wait…](<a href=“http://www.smtexas.org%5DPlease”>http://www.smtexas.org) 4.31% 14 $16,931.00 81 1

HSisOverrated · January 17, 2008, 9:38pm

That’s really sad.

acarey617 · January 17, 2008, 9:40pm

Eh, kinda misleading. I know plenty of kids at Roxbury Latin, and I went to Andover.

TONS of kids from RL all want to go to Harvard.

At Andover, a lot of kids who could get into HYP choose other schools that are just as good. Columbia and UPenn (Wharton is huge) are just as, if not more, popular. People also love Duke, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Georgetown, and USC.

acarey617 · January 17, 2008, 9:42pm

Also, at some prep schools like Loomis, the small NE liberal arts colleges are MUCH preferred. Most people’s dream schools at Loomis are Williams, Amherst, and Middlebury, not HYP.

But whatever.

beefs · January 17, 2008, 9:44pm

i find it sad that you copied and pasted a list of 100 schools to brag about your own school.go find something better to do.

somedumbnoob · January 17, 2008, 9:55pm

My school is #19,385

HSisOverrated · January 17, 2008, 10:17pm

my school is less than 2 years old.

thank god we have like an 900+ API score or else we’d most surely be %@#@4

Johnson181 · January 17, 2008, 10:20pm

Ouch those tuitions are expensive (I go to a private myself).

nty2114 · January 17, 2008, 10:33pm

great, a bunch of private schools…

too bad colleges are starting to realize that going to a private school doesn’t necessarily mean better…

i go to a public school in Massachusetts thats #2 or #3 in the state, and #65 in the nation. Kids get into better colleges than some private schools in our area…

amb3r · January 17, 2008, 10:36pm

That’s wonderful, a bunch of snotty prep school kids… what a surprise.

ibtelling · January 17, 2008, 10:53pm

My school is more like #999999.

krazykool · January 17, 2008, 11:16pm

amber, i dare you to go head to head with those “snotty prep school kids” academically

sockpuppet · January 17, 2008, 11:20pm

and while you fork over $19,000 a year for four years, my friend gets into harvard with a public school education

no, being in an expensive private school doesn’t mean you are automatically smarter. just richer.

amb3r · January 17, 2008, 11:23pm

You know what? I’d have no problem doing that.

westsidewolf1989 · January 17, 2008, 11:24pm

yeah, because i think at those prep schools they have secret AP classes that the College Board designs solely for them. That way they can claim that they got a 5 on AP Ass Kissing or a 5 on AP “How to have everything handed to you on a silver platter”. god, everyone thinks people at prep schools are that much smarter than those poor children in publics. where i live, people send their kids to privates because they CANT handle the public schools in my town. true, there are many kids at those schools who are certainly brilliant and dont fall under the stereotype. However, stereotypes were created to describe the characteristics of a MAJORITY of a group (gasp). Many kids at exclusive private schools are there because their parents have money-thats it. Prep school admissions hinge way more on how wealthy the applicants parents are than college admissions do.

F_amp_M10 · January 17, 2008, 11:26pm

Winsor is not well thought of in the boston area. Roxbury latin while very good, would not be considered no. 1. This list is flawed and you shouldn’t put too much thought into it. Did you put this list together yourself? This list is hilarious.

F_amp_M10 · January 17, 2008, 11:28pm

Boston Latin would be No. 1. They send about 35-40 kids every year to Harvard.

Halie · January 17, 2008, 11:38pm

Hah! People spend more on 4 yrs of HS than I will in 4 of college.

School is what you make of it.

krazykool · January 17, 2008, 11:38pm

the list is from Worth Magazine

NickBarr · January 17, 2008, 11:42pm

This thread can’t be serious.

Kind of proved her point there, champ. I really hope I don’t wind up sharing the same campus as you.

Of all the mundane things to obsess over, some of you pick high school rankings? Are you joking?

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