<p>I know rankings aren't the most important thing when it comes to choosing a school, but does anyone know this years rankings?</p>
<p>i am no official, but here is for your reference:</p>
<p>Top of the best:
Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, St. Paul, Hotchkiss</p>
<p>Middle of the best:
Middlesex, Milton, Peddie, Loomis, Lawrenceville, Groton, Cate, Georgetown Prep, Hockaday </p>
<p>Bottom of the best:
Taft, St. Mark, NMH, Concord, Porter’s, Emma Willard </p>
<p>Remember, these are already the BEST!!!</p>
<p>based on what criteria?</p>
<p>2010:</p>
<p>Rank College Preparatory School Location Ivy League+ MIT Stanford Placement(%) SAT Score Harvard Placement Rank MIT Placement Rank Yale Placement Rank Stanford Placement Rank Princeton Placement Rank Student/ Faculty Ratio AP Courses Boarding Grade School Type Day Student Tuition Board Student Tuition Endowment
1 Phillips Academy Andover MA 30% 2063 10 3 7 11 1 : 5 14 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $30,500 (USD) $39,100 (USD) $623 million (USD)
1 Phillips Exeter Academy NH 30% 2085 3 14 1 : 5 19 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $29,330 (USD) $37,960 (USD) $806 million (USD)
1 St. Paul’s School NH 30% 2049 12 10 2 1 : 5 19 9th-12th Coed School $41,300 (USD) $334 million (USD)
4 Groton School MA 26% 2080 5 9 6 1 : 5 13 8th-12th Coed School $33,260 (USD) $44,350 (USD) $237 million (USD)
4 Milton Academy MA 26% 2062 5 1 : 5 11 9th-12th Coed School $33,150 (USD) $40,395 (USD) $140 million (USD)
4 Noble and Greenough School MA 26% 1 : 7 19 9th-12th Coed School $32,400 (USD) $37,000 (USD) $42 million (USD)
7 Deerfield Academy MA 24% 2000 10 10 6 1 : 5 19 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $28,200 (USD) $39,275 (USD) $308 million (USD)
7 Lawrenceville School NJ 24% 2010 2 1 : 8 11 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $34,680 (USD) $42,350 (USD) $200 million (USD)
9 Belmont Hill School MA 18% 1990 5 1 : 7 10 9th-12th Boys School $31,000 (USD) $37,150 (USD) $47 million (USD)
9 Middlesex School MA 20% 2030 15 1 : 5 19 9th-12th Coed School $34,250 (USD) $42,832 (USD) $78 million (USD)
9 St. Albans School DC 20% 4 12 1 : 7 14 9th-12th Boys School $31,428 (USD) $44,457 (USD) $35 million (USD)
12 Choate Rosemary Hall CT 18% 2020 1 : 6 19 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $31,310 (USD) $41,520 (USD) $213 million (USD)
12 Hockaday School TX 18% 1990 7 5 1 : 14 19 8th-12th Girls School $21,815 (USD) $39,919 (USD) $100 million (USD)
12 Hotchkiss School CT 18% 2015 1 : 5 18 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $34,250 (USD) $40,200 (USD) $357 million (USD)
12 Thacher School CA 16% 1950 3 1 : 5 17 9th-12th Coed School $37,300 (USD) $40,950 (USD) $92 million (USD)
16 St. Andrew’s School DE 16% 15 1 : 5 11 9th-12th Coed School $40,500 (USD) $170 million (USD)
17 Peddie School NJ 15% 1 : 6 10 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $30,200 (USD) $39,900 (USD) $249 million (USD)
18 Taft School CT 13% 1924 1 : 6 19 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $30,700 (USD) $41,300 (USD) $172 million (USD)
19 Cate School CA 11% 1990 1 : 5 19 9th-12th Coed School $31,100 (USD) $40,000 (USD) $60 million (USD)
20 Concord Academy MA 10% 2040 1 : 6 14 9th-12th Coed School $34,700 (USD) $42,900 (USD) $41 million (USD)
20 Georgetown Preparatory School MD 10% 1 : 8 16 9th-12th Boys School $24,200 (USD) $42,150 (USD) $80 million (USD)
22 Blair Academy NJ 9% 1850 1 : 6 21 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $30,000 (USD) $41,600 (USD) $61 million (USD)
22 St. George’s School RI 9% 1 : 5 19 9th-12th Coed School $28,000 (USD) $41,000 (USD) $95 million (USD)
24 Webb Schools CA 8% 1940 1 : 7 19 9th-12th Coed School $31,300 (USD) $44,010 (USD) $15 million (USD)
25 Loomis Chaffee School CT 7% 1 : 5 14 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $31,100 (USD) $41,200 (USD) $150 million (USD)
25 Northfield Mount Hermon School MA 7% 1 : 7 15 9th-13th (PG) Coed School $29,300 (USD) $41,700 (USD) $137 million (USD)</p>
<p>This is only ranked by boarding school’s ivy+stanford+MIT placement. Other top universities and liberal schools (Williams, Amherst, Middlebury), endowment, AP courses offered, and several other factors are not taken into consideration.</p>
<p>Groton isn’t second tier. Period.</p>
<p>So the conclusion is that boarding schools should discern their applicant’s college aspirations in advance so as to not mess up their stats?</p>
<p>I remember being told by a college advisor at Exeter (back when the earth was first formed) not to apply to MIT because students from Exeter rarely got in. I ignored him and applied anyway. I also remember him suggesting I avoid Cornell. Got in there too.</p>
<p>So I worry that there is more to stats then whether a BS is good or not.</p>
<p>But having read CC for a while, I know that many who cluster here put a lot of stock in those numbers in determining where to go or to send their kids.</p>
<p>Still think it’s a shame - because it doesn’t really raise your odds of getting in (unless you’re coming from a school that won’t give you sufficient academic prep) - just says the cluster of kids in Boarding school is self-selecting. But to each his or her own.</p>
<p>not to apply to MIT because students from Exeter rarely got in
^sorry to detract from the OP but thats actually really funny. My sis (the ever perfect one) who goes to PEA got rejected from MIT! Coincidences r funny 
:)</p>
<p>Things might’ve changed since your time at Exeter, Exie. If you look at Exeter’s matriculation list, between 07-09, 23 students enrolled in MIT. That’s on par with Columbia and UPenn, and a few less than Dartmouth or Cornell. Considering MIT is a smaller college, that’s a good number. It is certainly sending more of its students to MIT than many of its peers.</p>
<p>As I recall from my rough research last year, PEA was sending more kids to MIT than any of the top 10 or so BS’s. (Please jump in here if my memory has failed me yet again.)</p>
<p>Remember - when I was there the Earth was still being formed and we hadn’t hit that seventh day of rest yet :-)</p>
<p>Actually I’m thinking Exeter has recovered from it’s initial constipation. When I was there they were still getting over the shock of having girls on campus after centuries of boy only existence. So the advisor probably still had some stereotypes about girls and science. Although I do know - back then - they were deadly serious about stats and he did say Exonian to MIT matriculation was rare. Another female alum entered MIT the next year. But the whole push back seemed surreal given my science teacher was an alum and his own father was once president of the institute (guess who wrote my recommendation? :-)</p>
<p>Those nasty stats. Being on CC makes me understand why they go all out to protect them. It’s a numbers games especially for the wealthy who want the “prestige.”</p>
<p>Equally scandalous was that my sister decided she didn’t want to go to college at all. Exeter got on the phone and pleaded with my parents - going so far as to ask what was wrong with her or them for not pushing her. She ignored them and went to dance with a ballet company in New York. She later saw the light (i.e. need to earn enough money to eat) and went on to earn a degree and her MBA. But again, initial matriculation numbers are sometimes manipulated by high school advisors. </p>
<p>After I graduated I volunteered to take on Exeter as one of my assigned schools for MIT interviews. I think it helped having an alum explain their unique outlook on life and quickly identify the ones with great nerd potential but who had a life. We’re a growing bunch breed at MIT - and math and science is getting more attention as evidenced by their new science building. When I was there - more emphasis was placed on liberal arts.</p>
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Poignant! And your sister’s experience as a testmonial example! Coming from an Exeter alum? They didn’t know whom they were messing with… LOL kidding kidding of course.</p>
<p>:-) :-)</p>
<p>Thewizz, Do you have similar Ivy+MIT+Stanford rankings for Day Schools? Thanks.</p>
<p>College matriculation statistics / rankings for selected day schools (and boarding schools):
[Matriculation</a> Stats](<a href=“http://matriculationstats.org/]Matriculation”>http://matriculationstats.org/)</p>
<p>Inboston, Thanks.</p>
<p>the reality of the situation that if you go any top tier schools (all of the ones mentioned in OP) you will go on to a great college/university if you get great grades have the right ECs etc. The thing that is great about all of these schools is that the students at the bottom of the class get into crazy good schools versus other students with similar stats</p>
<p>and another point MX, Milton, Groton, and l’ville are not second tier they are ALL first tier
those are the top 10 east coast schools</p>
<p>Based on what criteria, SATs, College Placement…?</p>
<p>It’s very important to remember that both the PrepReview rankings and the MatriculationStats rankings (which my 8th grade son and I prepared), tell only about the colleges and universities where the students matriculated. As I state on the website, there are many other relevant criteria when selecting a school. Matriculation statistics are certainly not irrelevant, and they are interesting and fun, but don’t let them overshadow other very important components of this important decision.</p>
<p>The top 10 schools to me in no particular or,der are
Andover
SPS
Hocthkiss
Choate
Exeter
Milton
Deerfield
Lawrenciville
Roxbury Latin
St. Georges
PS. Take this list with a grain of salt, but this is just my opionion. Keep in mind this is not based off any stats.
And if i had to add 1 more school on there it would be Episcopal! Im not going there but I love the school.</p>