<p>Well, you can see evidence these school-limits and quotas on Naviance.
Take a look at Fiske first and note the median scores for those accepted at a top college.
Then check your school’s Naviance for the same college.
At schools with many high achieving students, not all the qualified or all the best students are ever admitted, based on these national scores.
And the average scores of those accepted from that school are likely higher than the national average.
So, in a way, those students are being held to a higher standard because they are competing with each other and there is a limit on how many from one school can attend. </p>
<p>To answer those who want to point out that scores and grades are not everything, I do not think you want to imply that all the students who are not accepted at these schools have significantly worse other criteria than all the acceptees at other schools?
And, this trend will usually show up for many years and at virtually all of the high achievement high schools. If you remove the URM’s and legacies, their bar is even higher!
In some ways, your worst competition is your own classmate…
Going to a high-achievement school can provide an excellent experience and excellent preparation for college, but it may not help you get into as good a college as you might from another type of pool.</p>