Does attending Prep School help with college admissions?

HNH
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:24:05 +0000

skieurope:

I’m not sure why it was necessary to bump a 5-month-old dormant thread to regale us with stories from the Ice Age

But 65 years ago, the Hotchkiss student body was male, predominantly white, protestant, and from wealthy families whose male ancestors also attended Hotchkiss. And the director is college counseling would call up Yale and say, “Thus is the list of men you’ll be admitting.” Those days are long gone.

Not sure if this post was in your capacity as a moderator or as a commentor. Seems kind of like both.

I for one found SportyPrep’s post interesting if not surprising. Nor would it be terribly antiquated (Ice Age) nor incorrect to say that Hotchikiss is still (and traditionally) a bit of a Yale feeder. Though subject to shifting university and institutional priorities, some Prep - College relationships may be less pronounced now but certainly they are not nonexistent (“long gone”).