<p>The methodology included all matriculations to several hundred colleges and universities over the most recent two to six year period. I cannot comment further publicly as I hope to publish this study in the next few months. Thank you for your interest and comments.</p>
<p>Still need 2006 and/or 2007 Taft School college placement list. If you can help, PM me.</p>
<p>It's not on their website?</p>
<p>Notwithstanding fun is fun's picayune points and intellectually flawed attempts to discredit the tremendous research and investment by GZM Research Associates to create an authoritative BS ranking system, the best available data out there is the Bunkel Index...the very same data that GZM uses. And, guess what? The Bunkel Index has already factored in both the 2006 AND 2007 Taft matriculation data! So there!</p>
<p>I will continue to holler tripe whenever tripe is served.</p>
<p>Hold the rugae on my tripe...................</p>
<p>Where would one find this Dunkel index and GZM</p>
<p>I have not looked too closely but, it appears that the index numbers when ranked from top to bottom come very close to the ranks posted above #93......Hmmmmmmmm</p>
<p>I can't believe D'yer would come over to another thread to continue his personal attacks on me. All I've said has been in the interest of good science and in bettering the plight of my fellow man. In fact, I wake up every morning and say to myself: What can I, fun is fun, do to make this benighted orb a finer place to live and work? If only others could follow this fine example I set daily.</p>
<p>The fact remains that both GZM and the Bunkel Index represent badly flawed research. None other than George W. Bush (Andover '64) posited this in his ground breaking senior thesis at Harvard Business School. You can find this online at hbsthesisarchives.edu.</p>
<p>"benighted orb" -- hahahha,.</p>
<p>Thank you for assisting our study. The Taft School did not rate highly enough with respect to college placement to be included as a top 15 boarding school. The top 6 boarding schools regarding college matriculations are:
1) St. Paul's School
2) Phillips Academy at Andover
3) Deerfield Academy
4) The Groton School
5) Milton Academy
6) The Hotchkiss School</p>
<p>Best overall value, including outstanding college placement, is the United World College of the American West.</p>
<p>Can you rank the top 15 by your findings</p>
<p>The above 7 boarding schools are in a class by themselves regarding college placement. These 7 schools are the only Tier One boarding schools as determined by college matriculation success. Tier Two and Tier Three boarding schools will be released via publication soon.</p>
<p>there is no best boarding school. True the ones that most of you have named seem to be on a higher level than a few others, but the thing that really matters is the school that fits you.</p>
<p>"there is no best boarding school. True the ones that most of you have named seem to be on a higher level than a few others, but the thing that really matters is the school that fits you."
Exactly, which is why NAIS does not rank schools.<br>
What is important to me is not important to someone else.<br>
There are so many factors that go into what makes a great school. And the factors are different for everyone. If College matriculation is what should make the "best" school, then that list works. But then, I don't think "college matriculation success" has been defined either. That is an important factor.</p>
<p>Being quoted really makes you feel special. Thank you Linda S. haha</p>
<p>Finding the right fit is why the Bunkel Index is a thing of beauty. With the software -- which, in the interest of full disclosure, I receive a small commission on if you mention my name at the time of purchase -- you can plug in the variables, assign weights to them and determine the perfect school for you. For instance, you might value "Friendliness of Residence Hall Staff" (weighting it a 10) over "Median Wealth of Student Parents" (weighting it a 8) and find that (just for example) Choate is a better fit than Lawrenceville, whereas if you reverse the assigned weight, you will see that Lawrenceville is a better fit for you than Choate.</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, I almost forgot. For information on how to order the GZM Software that sorts the Bunkel Index data into 452 search criteria (including all subcategories) just send me a PM. The cost for "BunkelMaster - Boarding School Ed. 2008" is just $625.50 (after a 10% discount for using the code I give you so I get my commission). Sounds like a lot, but when you consider what educational consultants charge...it's a steal!</p>
<p>Just as I was about to show the unsuspecting masses that inhabit this board the fact that D'yer is a huckster (what do you think private detectives are there for?) he reveals himself. Bad science, bad research, yet he will make a buck by selling this discredited junk. The only really bad news is that I'm out $4,000 for the services of some guy named Sam Spade. I don't even think that's his real name.</p>
<p>Go back to your day job, you snake oil salesman, which I suspect involves selling sub-prime mortgages to illegal immigrants.</p>
<p>I've been trying to follow this whole Bunkel Index discussion for quite some time now, and I'm really lost. Does this Bunkel Index exist? Has anyone tried it? This is really bizarre...</p>
<p>Is this something serious, or a joke?</p>
<p>true, ranking doesn't mean much, but how is Exeter not in that top 6?</p>
<p>true, ranking doesn't mean much, but how is Exeter not in that top 6?</p>
<p>I thought that myself. But since we have not been told what "College Matriculation Success" is defined as, we can't know. I'd guess once that is defined, it would be clear why.</p>
<p>MsckittlZ10 - my pleasure to quote you - it is so true.</p>
<p>According to the well accepted WBTY Indices, Exeter is number 3.</p>