Lawrenceville vs HADES

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Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:29:56 +0000

Some of the data that I have collected last year… (A glaring omission, Deerfield! Sorry but we weren’t that into DA.)

School Name | Andover | Exeter | SPS | Choate | Hotchkiss | Lawrenceville
Acceptance rate | 13 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20
Avg. SSAT percentile | 94 | 94 | 89 | 85 | 87 | 84
Avg. SAT score | 2076 | 2097 | 2014 | 2018 | 2013 | 2095
HYP% | 10 | 8 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 10
Ivy% | 28 | 19 | 22 | N/A | N/A | 22
No. of students | 1106 | 1063 | 536 | 864 | 594 | 813
% boarding | 74 | 80 | 100 | 74 | 93 | 67
Campus size | 500 | 619 | 2000 | 458 | 810 | 700
Endowment per student (in $K) | 723 | 933 | 808 | 328 | 609 | 394
Endowment (in $M) | 800 | 992 | 433 | 283 | 362 | 320

I have highlighted where things are quite different for Lville in bold face figures…

Acadmics: Lville is as good as any others. In fact, its recruited students have lower SSAT percentile (84) compared to HADES but their SAT scores are one of the highest of all BSs. This is something that I’ve pointed out in [another thread.](SSAT-to-SAT - Prep School Admissions - College Confidential Forums) Incidentally, Lville has the highest percentage of faculty having advanced degrees.

College matriculation: As good as any HADES.

Day students: Lower than any HADES.

Endowment: Smaller than HADES, one of the reasons why it’s most expensive schools. This might give an impression that the school is populated with rich and powerful families, but this is not any different from HADES and there are many, many kids who are from middle class, especially among day students. I missed %student on FA here, but that figures are more or less the same across all compared schools (30-35%), except Andover and Exeter (40-45%).

Hope this helps!