<p>cousin wants to apply to hotchkiss, we were wondering acceptance rates of all the schools. anyone have them?</p>
<p>I go to Hotchkiss, choose it over Andover Exeter Milton and the lot. You know why ? Because it’s the best, particularly if you are interested in business or literature. Ford, Chrysler, Time Magazine, the Boston Red Sox, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, are just a few of the companies that Hotchkiss alumni founded. So yeah.</p>
<p>Acceptance rates at hotchkiss are ALWAYS lower than A/E etc.</p>
<p>Henry Ford went to Hotchkiss? Don’t think so. Certainly some of his offspring did.</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs was founded in the 1860’s, about 25 years before Hotchkiss.
Regardless, as a Jewish firm the founders would have been ineligable for Hotchkiss for many years.</p>
<p>Walter Chrysler went to Hotchkiss? No.</p>
<p>The Red Sox? No.</p>
<p>I’ll give you Time (Luce), and Morgan Stanley (Stanley).</p>
<p>Im going to Morgan Stanley soon!
I get to suck up to high ranking man for the day. lol</p>
<p>Well let me clear it up a bit for you:</p>
<p>[List</a> of Hotchkiss School alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_Hotchkiss_School_alumni]List”>List of Hotchkiss School alumni - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.: President of the Chrysler Building (Son of Walter Chrysler)</p>
<p>You are right about Henry Ford but the ford family isdeeply rooted in Hotchkiss:
Henry Ford II, Edsel Ford, and William Clay Ford;</p>
<p>Boston Red Sox is owned by a hotchkiss grad: Tom Werner</p>
<p>President of bloomberg: Peter Grauer</p>
<p>Fay Vincent: ceo Columbia pictures</p>
<p>John Thornton: President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs, Co-CEO Goldman Sachs International, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia, Partner of Goldman Sachs, Chairman of the Brookings Institution, Member of the Board of DirecTV, Ford Motors, Goldman Sachs, Intel, News Corporation</p>
<p>Arthur Kittredge Watson: Chairman of IBM, US Ambassador to France</p>
<p>I made a mistake I should have said founded own or headed. (mostly the first two mind you).</p>
<p>I mean even 7-eleven was created by a family deeply rooted in Hotchkiss the Thompson.</p>
<p>I made a mistake I should have said Founded, owned, or headed by Hotchkiss grads but it’s mostly the first two. But the list of Hotchkiss graduate’s companies is phenomenal even mars (snikers mars bars bounty skittles etc is from Hotchkiss - i blame him for making me fat). Hotchkiss has produced more billionaires than any other school in the world period.</p>
<p>Prezomar, do you have that documented? I believe that Exeter produces consistently intelligent individuals. The Average Exeter student achieves the best college placement of any graduate in the USA(Source: Exeter Viewbook(I know it came from Exeter but I doubt it is a lie)).</p>
<p>Do i have what documented ? I did not bring anything about college placements up. As for college placements I highly doubt that. Exeter has a far lower Ivy League admittance rate than numerous school (higher than Hotchkiss but at least 15% lower than some other top tier schools) so that is defiantly not true. But as for success in the business field no one can deny that Hotchkiss is Number one hands down (if you want to be rich there is no better place to go). It has the richest, most successful alumni. In other fields such as politics and media Hotchkiss is also very strong.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss also produces “consistently intelligent individuals”. I mean Hotchkiss has a Nobel Prize winner Exeter does not have a single Nobel prize winner so much for academic “excellence”. Also numerous school outstrip exeter in admittance rate, ivy league matriculation rate, endowment, you name it. Hotchkiss outscores Andover on the sat.</p>
<p>I dont believe in choosing a boarding school by looking at its alumni.
So what if Hotchkiss produced so many heads and leaders and brilliant individuals? Yes I admire and respect HOtchkiss for its many accomplishments
but the alumni list doesn’t say much about the SCHOOL, but it does about the INDIVIDUALS who are on the list.</p>
<p>oh and i want to give an answer to cglen’s question.
I know that Exeter’s acceptance rate this year was 18% and that of Deerfield was 16%. Andover’s was 19%</p>
<p>Prezomar, your attitude makes me happy that I didn’t choose Hotchkiss. Superficial and unattractive.</p>
<p>I apologize if I seemed abrasive and “superficial” when describing Hotchkiss. It’s just that i get tired of the often superficial consideration Exeter and Andover are given whereas other fine institutions such as Hotchkiss are ignored. I realize that my outburst was a trifle childish and for that I apologize, a bearcat knows when he or she is wrong. Hotchkiss is a fine institution I am sure that your cousin will be very happy there.</p>
<p>prezomar, im not trying to offend you, this is just my personal opinion: the reason why institutions like hotchkiss aren’t over-branded is because it’s that elite. to me, prestige isn’t over publicizing, or even name-dropping. it’s about discreet success. well, at least to me. which is why it seems to me that hotchkiss and groton aren’t discussed much (well last year on CC there were quite a few threads on hotchkiss but not as much as some of the other tsao) and places like deerfield and lawrenceville aren’t over-advertised, if you’ve noticed (not as many people going DEERFIELD IS THE BEST SCHOOL EVER as maybe ANDOVER IS THE BEST SCHOOL EVER)</p>
<p>by the way, i think prestige is a trivial thing. all the schools that are discussed or considered in high regard are on the same par as every other school. and up in the top 10 or so schools, the matriculation factor is pretty alike. so don’t flame me please i come in peace :]</p>
<p>thanks wiseman222 but do you know hotchkiss’s?</p>
<p>prezomar i only asked for stats not for you to start some rant about how awesome hotchkiss is. besides, money is not a measure of intelligence. exeter’s alumni are more focused on helping further different areas of research, or helping people not making tons of money.</p>
<p>This country is the envy of the world when it comes to both secondary and higher education. </p>
<p>People who rant and rave about one american boarding school being “better” than another or say “This school is tier one while that one is ‘merely’ tier three.”, need to get a new perspective and appreciation for schools in their own right. Go out into the world and see what passes for schools in most countries.</p>
<p>That very fine schools, replete with spacious and verdant campuses, handsome buildings, dedicated faculties and first-class facilities (by world standards), albeit ones thought of as not elite or first tier, are relegated to an occasional nod (perhaps) by posters on this site – where they would be welcomed as a god-sent by many other nations – is a disgraceful display of ignorance to the world at large and its needs. </p>
<p>I think we need a strong dose of humility and gratefulness for what we have – regardless of where our schools are “ranked”…rank, indeed!</p>
<p>the most powerful post I’ve read on cc/psa.</p>
<p>thank you, leanid.</p>