<p>As competitive as many of the top colleges are, there are several competitive high schools. The salutatorian of my high school could possibly be Ivy bound with a 2200+ SAT score and solid EC's, but was rejected from a very competitive local magnet school way back in 8th grade. This particular high school's average SAT for the class of 2006 was about a 1900, but has rejected several students who have gone on to attend Ivies w/really high SAT scores, mostly due to a very flawed admissions process. (I was also rejected from this school and I have a 2030 SAT). </p>
<p>I am just curious if anyone knows someone who was accepted to a top college (Harvard, MIT, Princeton, etc.) but was rejected from a high school.</p>
<p>I don't really know anyone like this but I know of the flawed admissions process to magnet schools. There were many great students denied admission to my school because there were siblings of current students applying. They had much worse stats and are now at the bottom of their class. They have no motivation and show bring down our schools average sat score and perception within the community. I wish admission was based on ability, grades, and what you can do for the school. Not just who you know.</p>
<p>Yeah I got rejected from 3 prep schools. They didn't see the potential talent! I'm not in anywhere yet, but I figure I've got a good chance with high SATs, GPA, good ECs and essays.</p>
<p>Bush was accepted into the more prestigious Phillips Andover school, however. This was probably because of legacy preference (his father had gone there before him). He also probably got into Yale because of his father, after all he had a D average while attending.</p>
<p>um i really don't think the two are correlated at all. A LOT can happen in 4 years of high school. Also, high schools and colleges look for different things in the students they admit.</p>