Colleges "not knowing" a HS

HarvestMoon1
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:20:00 +0000

Relationships do count but so does the rigor of the high school. Most admissions committees are very much in tune to the fact that an A from one particular high school does not equal an A from another school. And admissions is GPA driven to a large extent.

And a high school that is getting 15 into Princeton every year is almost guaranteed to be one of the elite boarding or other private schools which have both advantages - highly rigorous curriculums and established relationships with admissions committees. The admissions results of schools like theses along with schools like TJ High School for Science and Technology cannot really be compared to results of other schools. That comparison will lead to misleading conclusions.