<p>xiggi:</p>
<p>you are absolutely correct, but is the glass half-full or half-empty? The Catholic Prep schools in my 'hood, costing thousands of dollars per year with high GC/student ratios, have lower average test scores than the neighboring publics, which have gc/student ratios of 1/600. No marketing needed, since the mean SAT and AP scores are pretty clear to adcoms. The neighboring Catholics also have great athletic programs, and their kids that are accepted to the Ancient Eight (and Stanford) tend to be recruited athletes. If I recall, last year one Catholic HS had it’s starting five b’ball accepted to top 20 colleges. Sure, they may send 90%+ to a four year college, but is Cal State xx worth the HS cost (when they guarantee acceptance with anyone with ~B average in college prep classes)?</p>