<p>I took a quick look at 5 year data for S’s school that does have a large number of kids going to HPY. Not as big of a correlation with Cum Laude Society as you would think. But that might be well the case for kids who are getting into HPY for purely academic reasons. It is surprising that HPY does not have a majority of kids accepted that way, but by their own admissions it does not work that way. </p>
<p>But every, any generality is going to have exceptions, especially when applied to an individual situation. If you are going to be a pure academic admit, the fact of the matter is that you have to have high grades AND the top courses.</p>