Rhodes Scholars

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Two Andover alumni were just named Rhodes Scholars. Very impressive considering there are only 32 for the nation.</p>

<p>[Phillips</a> Academy - Two Alumni Named Rhodes Scholars](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/RhodesScholars08.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/RhodesScholars08.aspx)</p>

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<p>Last year, two kids that were classmates from the same public high school won.</p>

<p>[Two</a> for the Rhode: BHS alums head to Oxford on Rhodes scholarship - Brookline, MA - Brookline TAB](<a href=“http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/archive/x2128348493]Two”>http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/archive/x2128348493)</p>

<p>That’s impressive, not a prep school that is just as hard to get into as Harvard!</p>

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<p>Not quite as hard to get into as Harvard–I believe Andover’s admit rate is about 20% while Harvard’s is what now? 7%?</p>

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<p>Ha ha, the funny thing about getting into Harvard is that you find out whether you got in on April fool’s day … i have no idea why i just mentioned that … Hopefully i’ll get in though !!</p>

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<p>gemmav, </p>

<p>did not realize andover has loosened its standards so much. :)</p>

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<p>Ya I mean most top schools are around 20%…so 1 in every 5. I don’t think it’s that hard to get into these school, but i’ll see on March 10th I guess.</p>

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<p>Was lurking around and I found this haha. </p>

<p>@Mpicz, yes 20% is a LOT easier to get into than the 9.4% that Harvard boasts, but there are some catches:</p>

<p>-Any random idiot from my current school applies to 3-4 Ivies for the heck of it
-Harvard’s Applicant:Capacity ratio is a lot larger than Andover’s forcing them to reject more
-Most people applying to top BS are already qualified. College (until now) has been a traditional norm, BS has not. People who apply to BS are for the most part self selected</p>

<p>On a different note the same holds true for the SAT. People think that X score on SSAT will later in life = X score on SAT, or X percentile or w.e. Remember that SSAT is TOP X percent of the TOP 5-10% of the population, SAT is top x percent of the top 70% of the population</p>

<p>Just my 2cents.</p>