How does the high school you attend impact admission?

Twoin18
Tue, 24 May 2022 19:02:42 +0000

I agree that all the schools in the local area will be known by a college. So I don’t think a star student will be meaningfully advantaged or disadvantaged in Stanford admissions by attending Paly or Gunn vs any of 15 other high schools in the mid-Peninsula (more Paly and Gunn students may attend but those two are also more competitive high schools).

My point is that an unhooked ORM student applying to (say) Princeton or Yale or Brown may have a better outcome if they attend Paly or Gunn compared to the other nearby high schools that are less well known on the east coast, because there aren’t many spots for that type of kid.