Too Many Choices????

Pizzagirl
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:11:10 +0000

Dad II, here’s a math problem. It’s easier than AP Calculus!

Using valedictorians as a proxy for elite students, how many high school valedictorians are there in a given year?

Now, how many spots are there in the entering freshman classes of the top 20 schools, all combined?

Can all of these valedictorians fit into the top 20? If you were to populate the freshman classes of the top universities solely by valedictorians (and let’s even leave aside legacies, hooked candidates, athletes, etc.), how far down the list would you have to go to accommodate all the valedictorians?

There are roughly 35,000 hs valedictorians in a given year. Does anyone have the entering freshman class sizes for the top universities listed in order, so we can see how far down you’d have to go to get all 35,000 placed?