Boarding School special relationships with ivy leagues

Tristan2
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:49:18 +0000

1) If “Feeder” means: “a particular boarding school provides a halo effect in the college admission process, beyond what is justified by individual merit”, then I believe ^the point is false (albeit possibly true in a former era.)

[Halo effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](Halo effect - Wikipedia)

2) If “Feeder” simply means: a relatively higher percentage of students from a certain boarding school tend to go to a certain HYPSMWA school, then the point may well be correct, but not at all surprising nor unfair.

Often when people use the term Feeder, definition #1 is implied.

St Paul’s sends more students to HYPSMWA than anyone. Is it because they attract and develop terrific students; or is it because the students are getting admissions they don’t quite deserve? I say it is not the latter.