top hs=average grades okay hs= high grades

JewCrew08
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:08:49 +0000

Having attended 2 years of public and 2 years of elite boarding school, I think college matriculation data of top schools is misleading.

There are a large number of URM and Legacies at my school. They (and many others) are also intellectual. That’s how they got into the school in the first place. And even those who don’t have a special factor got INTO the elite boarding school through something relatively exemplary in their profiles…Perhaps they have a true love of learning, etc.,

These are the people who compose the matriculation data from an elite school. And thus anyone who doesn’t have top-notch work ethic and/or intellect are the unnamed, unheard “bottom 25-50%” of the class. Really, they’re still one of the best students at a typical high school, but they’re not getting into the top 20 schools.

When all is said and done one didn’t attend private school simply for the sake of reaching better schools. One went there for to further their education. If that’s not the case, you probably made a mistake attending in the first place; not to mention you’re probably wasting time in academia, where you must not have true interest. You’re competing for a spot against others who were already weeded out for their talents and possible contributions to the school.

Anyone considering boarding school to increase college acceptance chances is most likely making a mistake.