<p>icy9ff8,
You hit the nail on the head for the major loopholes that I saw in the WSJ “study.” Their work really had very little value. But I will say that I was surprised at the LOW acceptance rate at these eight colleges. For what are purportedly the top private high schools in the country, I would’ve expected higher rates of admission. However, I suspect that when you consider a larger universe of top colleges, they do just fine.</p>