<p>How does endowment and acceptance rate = better schools. A lot of those ranked in the top above are in the NE and much “older” schools with richer student histories. The NE has a greater history of kids going to boarding schools. They are also “closer to home”</p>
<p>If you look the Midwest, more kids apply to Western Reserve which few kids from the NE do. If you look at elite college acceptance, Cate is in the top few. If you look at swimming, you get a totally different list, of you look at humanity programs, Asheville is in the top. Horses: Cate and Asheville, etc</p>
<p>Thisonekid: last I looked, Stanford Law school was “ranked” higher than Harvard.</p>