<p>Welcome to the forum, agentwood! I agree with you that some colleges are just more popular than others for students in certain boarding schools, which change with time and is not necessarily related to the prestige of the colleges. For example, Brown used to be highly pursued after, but it seems Columbia is taking a leading position quickly in recent years. Princeton, the #1 ranked university, has never been as much a favorite as say HY for Andover students. Georgetown, on the other hand, has always been popular even though the actual number of students matriculting there fluctuates from year to year. To put it in context, the colleges with most Andover students matriculated for the past three years (culmulative) are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, Stanford and Georgetown.</p>