<p>americas-best-prep-schools:</a> Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance</p>
<p>Anyone go to one of these?</p>
<p>Wow lol. Some of those statistics are pretty sick. 40% to ivies? That’s similar to the acceptance rate for those with 2350+ SAT scores.</p>
<p>I like how their top 10 is Ivies and the two schools they couldn’t avoid including w/o seeming egregiously biased toward prestige/name-brand instead of the actual top 10 schools by most ranking systems.</p>
<p>They’re all in New England o.O</p>
<p>Nope, don’t go to them :P</p>
<p>A lot of the schools on the list are in NYC, which is where I live and yet I have never heard of them. Too exclusive I guess.</p>
<p>They’re all on the East. None on West Coast?</p>
<p>^If they had a longer list, maybe Harvard-Westlake or something would be on there. Harvard-Westlake is a pretty beast school. From my two person sample size, 100% of students matric to top 10 schools.</p>
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<p>Haha gotta like those odds</p>
<p>Stupid. Apparently, Brown and Cornell are on the same level of schools like UChicago/Caltech?</p>
<p>I would HATE going to one of those schools. GAH. Can you imagine the workload and the stress? I’m happy with my competitive public school, thank you very much.</p>
<p>I’m happy with my non-competitive public school :)</p>
<p>Though, I probably won’t be as happy when college decisions roll around.</p>
<p>must be some hot *****es over there</p>
<p>I used to go to Horace Mann High School but I loved it there.</p>
<p>Oh yes i read this before. Frankly, i think it’s really stupid that some parents put them in top private schools just so they have a higher chance of getting into an ivy. These schools cost just as much as college. So if they start from kindergarten and actually do make it into ivies, they’re basically paying a million dollars for education. Rip off if you ask me.</p>
<p>" So if they start from kindergarten and actually do make it into ivies, they’re basically paying a million dollars for education."</p>
<p>What if you make 20 million a year? Still a bad idea? The ROI may not be great in monetary terms (though if you have a student who makes connections at these schools, maybe the ROI is good in monetary terms), but in terms of utility, it’s probably the right decision for a lot of wealthy families. </p>
<p>Also, these schools give financial aid to people who can’t afford it.</p>
<p>Ahhh, someday I hope that I have enough money to buy my kids’ way into one of these.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s true that it’s mostly the rich people who send their kids to these schools. But still, i don’t think it’s very smart or fair. It’s like paying $5 for a bottle of water just because you’re rich. That’s not spending wisely. Also, they’re pretty much just buying their way into the ivies. I think public schools (not the poorer ones) prepare kids just fine for college.</p>
<p>I have an Indian Friend that I went to camp with. He goes to Horace Mann. His father runs a Diamond Business, yeah enough said.</p>
<p>As a student who will be attending one of those top prep schools(Phillips Academy) starting next year, I have some what different views. </p>
<p>First, schools on the top 10 list(at least the ones that I know) are not for rich people. It is true that the schools have more rich people than most schools in order to get money and maintain their qualities, but most of the students are not rich. The number of students with FA in Phillips Academy is little less than 50%(I don’t remember exact number) and other schools are probably similar. In order to maintain their qualities, those prep school not only need money, but also talented people regardless of their financial situations. In fact, all the people that I know attending these schools are in middle class by their income. </p>
<p>Also, the students are not going to prep schools for colleges. Even if they don’t go to prep schools, most students there have high chance of getting into good colleges. What they really want(at least I think) are social ties with talented people and getting good education that can actually change the students and go beyond college preparation. For example, I’m extremely bored by my current public high school. My school is considered to be one of the best in Massachusetts and it’s still not challenging enough. And that’s not just for education, but for friends. </p>
<p>Other students in my school are not “intellectually mature and smart” yet(in my belief). There are only 3 students in my school that I consider to be somewhat talented, or smart. One is a class president who know how to lead people. Another one is an engineering person who is very good at applying science. The last one is not talented in any specific way(she didn’t "bloom"yet), but she is very mature and knows what’s going on around her. On the other hand, at those prep schools, there are just so many talented students in one school that I’m not going to even try listing them. </p>
<p>My post is probably very ambiguous since I’m writing this as I’m about to sleep and I probably missed a lot of points that I’d like to make, but anyway who cares.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I go to Phillips Andover (which was #3 on forbes), and I have to respectfully disagree with you guys that it’s just a bunch of rich kids going and being bought into the ivies. Sure there are rich kids here, but also very smart kids as well. (and even both). </p>
<p>It’s not just about being exclusive or showing your wealth. these schools (though i may be biased) offer an education thats unparalleled. I used to go to a very good public school (that sent like 9 to princeton and 3 harvards this year) and the difference is black and white. The kids you go to school with, the teachers and how passionate they are, the level and range of coureses offered etc. IDK for me personally, there is a big difference in the education you get and the amount of work you do. I mean, i maxed out everything all AP’s in public school and thoght that was it, but after coming here, i feel like there’s a huge gap in the level of expectation and difficulty at classes </p>
<p>Also, idk about other schools, but around 50% of my school’s on financial aid, either partial or full. So, while prep schools may once (and to an extent still are) the social elite, its definitely changed a lot </p>
<p>Anyway, I’m not here to bash or argue, just to put in my 2 cents and my experiences.</p>