<p>After researching and being accepted into some of the top five school, I feel all the top 25 schools seem to be on the same level. H A D A S seems to be misguiding parents and students on this form CC. We are starting to realize there are so many similar or better schools other then few schools. </p>
<p>Just promoting the top five school as the best schools is in-correct and is misguiding and is being misunderstood by everyone. </p>
<p>Maybe we should identify and come up with '25BESTBS - 2010' list for each year, which can be modified each year </p>
<p>i’d take westover and canterbury away. i’ve never heard of georgetown prep so i can’t say anything about it, but come on, i’ve never even heard of it!</p>
<p>anyways, determining ‘top’ lists will always have controversy and disagreement, since it’s all a matter of opinion… :P</p>
<p>The list works just fine for me! Thanks for doing this. I too, think people get too hung up on “which school is best.” Frankly if they’re in the top 25 in terms of selectivity, academics, and matriculation - it’s all relative given how many, many total schools there are.</p>
<p>peddie is statistically better then blair, the hill, and kent. I believe their avereage sat score is 2050 which is high, higher endownment then both schools, college placement, and etc</p>
<p>Please feel to revise or change the list. People are getting too hung up with just a few schools which I feel is incorrect. It is one of the reason the number of applicats are focused on just a few schools, not knowing other very very good school exist too. Hopefully in the future this will help reduce some disappointments with rejects or waitlisted applicants. This list is more for awarness and not written in stone and can be revised by anyone.</p>
<p>Despite the widespread ambivalence to school rankings, ranking is actually easier to do and more “accurate” because ranking is almost based on numbers. The problem with ranking is that it’s not telling the whole story as schools are more than what’s on paper. A list is tricker though. As you expand your list to include more schools to be more “comprehensive”, someone may always come up with another school that should be included in the list - “if you have school A, why not school B? I think they are comparable and I have a good impression when I visited…”. You end up having all schools in your list!</p>
<p>Imo, lists or rankings are useful for ppl new to the BS scene. After you hang around on CC for a couple of years, you don’t need any of those! For beginners, the best approach - I think - is still to look at numbers to come up with an initial list of schools you will look into (you can’t possibly check out all the schools out there even on paper). A combination of things like endowment per student, admit rate, ssat, sat, college matriculation etc. is determining the “tier” of a school. Finding your tier, or choosing schools from more than one tier, and start you intensive research from there is a practical way to get started.</p>
<p>I’m not sexist (I’m female!) but Emma and Ms. Porter’s are nowhere close to top 25. How come no one mentioned Thacher? Probably not many people from West Coast here.</p>
<p>Top of the best:
Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, St. Paul, Hotchkiss</p>
<p>Middle of the best:
Middlesex, Milton, Lawrenceville, Groton, Cate, Georgetown Prep, Hockaday</p>
<p>Bottom of the best:
Peddie, Loomis, Taft, St. Mark, Concord, St. Andrew’s, Thacher</p>