<p>exsrch, no, i did not get the numbers wrong. go to the web site and see for yourself. the “top schools” are a group of 40 schools that are also part of the “strong” schools.</p>
<p>there are about 4000 colleges in the usa, so the “top schools” are the top 1% of american colleges, and the 80 “strong schools” are the top 2%. yes, the ivy league is the very best for some top students, but not all top students, whether they be from exeter or podunk h.s., will feel that an ivy is the best for them. in fact, even in forbes 2010 college rankings, 2 ivies missed making the top 80.</p>
<p>hey jay, i think you’re not understanding the numbers they are quoting is impossible. Just because you find a number on the internet does not make it true. The definition matriculate is to enroll in a school. 100 percent of grads cannot physically matriculate at 132 percent.</p>
<p>I am not arguing you found this info on a website what I am pointing out is that it can’t possibly be accurate.</p>
<p>exsrch, you’re a tough case! let me try it this way: the 55.6% and the 76.4% are not independent numbers. the top schools are part of the strong schools, so the 55.6% is contained within the 76.4%. another way to see it is that the top schools are the first 55.6% of the 76.4% number.</p>
<p>anyone else care to try improving my explanation? help! or is exsrch just “playing dumb” to tease me?</p>
<p>You mean the two numbers are not mutually exclusive but you never said that in your original post rather a vague comment about one being apart of the other after I mentioned it. If I offended your wrong number I am sorry. No need to try to assert that you need help to prove I am misguided. Even if the numbers are mutually exclusive if you add all schools all grads are admitted to having a percentage greater than 132 doesn’t make sense</p>
<p>Oh please…you go to a high school only for college?(do you get what I mean…)
Come on! Enroll if you believe you’ll have fun there. At least that’s what I think.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link to matriculationstats.org. That’s interesting information. Do you think the rankings would look different if the number of years of data were the same for all the schools? That seems like an important variable.</p>
<p>Worktowin, how can you say that Exeter grads go to “Average” schools? I looked at the matriculation numbers and came up with 1/3 go to Ivy, or Ivy caliber schools like Stanford. Maybe I’m missing something, but we both can’t be right.</p>
<p>I only spend my time on something fun. That’s my philosophy and that’s my life.
My life is about taking opportunities and having fun at the same time. People go to BS for different reasons, but I do think that the prior one is “I can be happy there”, other than “I’ll get into an Ivy”. At least that’s what I assume. </p>
<p>Ivy league is not part of your life. They are names of colleges. It is what you do that makes the difference. If you can find somewhere that you will figure out who you are and what you want to do, then go there!</p>
<p>That is my exact point. Do all of the 1000 students from Exeter when they graduate think 2/3 of them are not going to an ivy type school? My sense is, if many of those people including me, were to stay at our current school our odds might be the same or better to get into the same top 1/3. </p>
<p>I think that is what jyun is saying about being intimidated about exeter.</p>
<p>There are other good schools besides the ivy league. (that sounds like a super hero foundation :p) Its not wise to go to HS just to get into a good college. Think about the opportunities that the BS ITSELF presents and not what opportunities you can achieve AFTER when choosing what BS to go to.</p>
<p>I maybe confused but don’t we go to prep school to prepare for college. I thought that is the very purpose of why PA and PEA was founded to funnel graduates to Yale and Harvard. Even the term “prep” is short for preparatory…am I mistaken?</p>
<p>That is its purpose. But don’t go to a school based only on its matric list. It’s what you do at the school that counts- thats what gets you into the schools. So when applying to schools apply to ones that have things that you want not just big names and big matric. Schools don’t people into college, people get people into college.</p>
<p>hey guys you should take a look at this this is exeters matricultation from 2007-2009 [College</a> Office Newsletter - College Matriculation 2006 - 2008](<a href=“http://college.exeter.edu/published/newsletters/College%20Matriculation_2006-2008.html]College”>http://college.exeter.edu/published/newsletters/College%20Matriculation_2006-2008.html) the majority of the students are going to ivys and highly selective universitys the major “chunk” of the kids go to schools like yale, haravard, dart, penn, mit and such. there are very few students from exeter in a single college that is less selective. there might be like 1-4 kids enrolled in a single college that is less selective. the less selective colleges only have liek 1 or 2 students from exter so the major chunk is going to ivys</p>
<p>Christ’s sake, worktowin. Sorry to burst your bubble, but prep schools don’t exist solely to function as stepping stones to Ivy Leagues. However, around a third of Andover and Exeter graduates do go into the Ivy League. I’m thoroughly confused as to how you think that’s average. What percentage of public school graduates get into the Ivy League? A quarter of a percent, maybe? That, my friend is average. Other schools you see on Andover and Exeter matriculation lists certainly aren’t average, either - most have acceptance rates below 20%. Sorry bud, that ain’t average.</p>
<p>Also, I’m actually a little skeptical that some kids who get into Ivies from Andover would have gotten in from other schools. You need to understand that Andover and Exeter provide EXCEPTIONAL preparation in academics. Absolutely exceptional preparation. While many kids here may have continued getting straight "A"s at their old schools, the classes they got the grades in probably would be nowhere near as challenging as the classes here. I got straight A’s at my old school, a good private school with 5% or so of the graduating class going to Ivies annually. I took advanced classes at my old school. But now I’m here at Andover - my grades are nowhere near as good as they were at my old school, but I’ll tell you one thing: I’m working a hell of a lot harder here and doing a ton more than I ever did at my old school. College KNOW this when they read the files of applicants from top prep schools.</p>
<p>That said, I would contest your statement that most kids here, were they at their old schools, would get into Ivy Leagues. All of the kids here are exceptionally talented, but not all are THAT talented.</p>