<p>The 2 schools have nearly identical success rates for matriculation into the top colleges
<a href=“http://matriculationstats.org/boarding-school-stats”>http://matriculationstats.org/boarding-school-stats</a>
You can click on the column headers to re-sort the schools. 1-2% difference is statistically meaningless with such a small sample set of students.</p>
<p>In any case, no boarding school can guarantee admission into any particular college. And as I mentioned earlier, it’s often other factors which determine admission into the most prestigious colleges:
<a href=“WSJ.com - For Groton Grads, Academics Aren't Only Keys to Ivy Schools”>http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Groton_Grads.htm</a></p>
<p>Pick btwn DA & Lville on the basis of which school your child will feel more at home, because that’s what the school will be for the nxt few years. </p>