<p>@heartburner, </p>
<p>If HYPSMC is the goal, it is probably safer to stay at home in local public school and shine brightly. </p>
<p>If a fabulous education is the goal, I don’t think you’d be disappointed at Exeter/Andover or the other similar schools (they are each amazing). 30% of graduates matriculate to IvySM, but that does not mean the full merit kids at Duke, Vandy and Emory are any less happy, or the U Chicago crowd, or the Cal or U Mich kids with phenomenal instate options, or the full ride state flagship crowd, or the musicians or artists at conservatories or art schools, or computer folks at Harvey Mudd, or the future finance or political science masters of the universe at liberal arts colleges. A few enter the service academies. Here is the list</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.exeter.edu/documents/College_Matriculation(1).pdf”>http://www.exeter.edu/documents/College_Matriculation(1).pdf</a> </p>
<p>Ivy matriculation is a very limited metric upon which to rank the quality of a high school. </p>
<p>I think a survey of the bottom of the class, asking if they thought attending prep school was worth it, would be the most enlightening statistic. </p>