<p>No surprise I guess. All the more reasons to pursue elite schooling… I am just so used to the idea that prep schools prepare their students better for college, and they’d feel college “easier”, etc. So I was surprised to learn that as a trend the elite BS students are “less qualified” and “out-performed academically” in college as he put it. Also, note that although some of the research he referenced was from 1970’s, his personal experience as a SPS student was in 1993 and onward, and his teaching experience there in 2003ish. It sounds like he’s not casting any doubt on the findings in that research so that he made similar conclusions.</p>