<p>I don't actually go there but I know IMSA (Illinois Math & Science Academy) is supposed to send a lot of people to top schools. Especially MIT.</p>
<p>I am not certain, but check on Sidwell Friends, a day school in the DC area.</p>
<p>Where to get private school rankings?</p>
<p>“Stuy is also public, and there’s probably going to be somewhat greater economic diversity there, so it’s apples and oranges. It seems like a lot of kids will go from Stuy to CUNY and the like-- it’s a sensible decision if you want a good education and can’t afford to shell out a lot of money for it.”</p>
<p>Back when I attended Stuy in the '90s, most of the people in my graduating class did not go off to CUNY/SUNY schools. </p>
<p>Most in my graduating class went off to more prestigious schools whether they were Ivy/Ivy-level, SLACs, Big-10, various private universities, public Ivies, etc. CUNY/SUNY schools with the exception of Binghamton, Geneseo, and Stonybrook were considered schools of last resort for those who failed to gain admission and/or were denied FA/scholarship money to attend more prestigious private schools. </p>
<p>Only those who didn’t have the stats to gain admission and/or gain FA/scholarship money ended up at the CUNY/SUNY schools other than the above mentioned exceptions. However, many of the ones who initially started at CUNY/SUNY schools did end up “transferring up” and graduating from an Ivy. </p>
<p>In fact, the stigma of CUNY/SUNY schools in my graduating class was such that many classmates and their parents ended up taking out massive loans to attend NYU(1/3 of my class were admitted) to avoid it. A reason why so many classmates attended and only just paid off or are still paying off their college loans today.</p>
<p>Zhizuo, You’d do better starting your own thread with that question. People will usually start answering the original poster despite this being a two year old thread.</p>