<p>Gee, two of the schools to which I was admitted, but I chose instead to stay in our public HS, are on the list. Guess I stayed with the “flagship” public instead of the expensive private… Whoop de doo.</p>
<p>Kids at our public HS think it’s cool to be smart and nerdy. We’re in the same town as one of the privates on the list and send a lot of students to the same colleges that they brag about on their website, except that we send a lot more to the state flagship, and CC, too. My kids loved being in an environment with such diversity.</p>
<p>xiggi,</p>
<p>Isn’t your hs on the list? I think it is.</p>
<p>As well it should be :)</p>
<p>It is called the bragging thread. :)</p>
<p>Funny, aren’t some of these the same people who say that college rankings are inherently arbitrary???..LOL. At leat with college, you choose to go there and perhaps it isn’t in the same city where you live.</p>
<p>Consolation’s post on the first page of this thread wins MY nomination for “Post of the Week”.</p>
<p>I almost spit on my computer from laughing!</p>
<p>I was a little scared myself, thumper.</p>
<p>Are you talking about K-8 schools or prep hs that is 9-12?</p>
<p>Gloworm, close but not correct. Although my sister and I attended the two North Texas school listed, we moved before high school. </p>
<p>There are a handful of CCers with connections to those schools.</p>
<p>Interesting to note one of the statistics for Boston University Academy. The article’s BUA entry said that 39 members of BUA’s class of 2012 received National Merit Commendations. What the entry failed to mention is that’s 100% of the class, which is a pretty impressive statistic, I guess. More impressive, perhaps, would be its average SAT score this past year. At 2134, it was, as I understand it, the highest of any secondary/prep school in Massachusetts–and, therefore, I assume, among the highest anywhere.</p>
<p>Beyond that, the articles’s individual entries vary rather wildly in comprehensiveness/detail. And–an aside–speaking from some personal experience, Harvard-Westlake’s purported emphasis on “character” and “ethics” is a cynical joke. </p>
<p>All-in-all, a silly list, indeed.</p>
<p>
Roxbury Latin’s class of 2012 averaged 2230 and there are about 50 members in the class and 71% received some form of NM commended or SF status.</p>
<p>[Roxbury</a> Latin: About RL » RL Fact Sheet](<a href=“http://www.roxburylatin.org/about-rl/rl-fact-sheet/index.aspx]Roxbury”>http://www.roxburylatin.org/about-rl/rl-fact-sheet/index.aspx)</p>
<p>Well, just like with colleges who appear at the top of the rankings, a lot of the credit may well rest on their ability to admit the highest academic achievers to begin with. These top prep schools have equally extraordinary selectivity and by admitting students with high ISEE test scores, or equivalent, they get to brag about the high SAT scores that are produced by their grads 4 years later. </p>
<p>OTOH, such a concentration of academic talent and drive does produce a pool of excellent peers. We often hear that top students look for that exact factor in choosing a highly selective college.</p>
<p>Whether that may be better or worse than learning in a more diverse environment is, of course, a personal choice. Some students are happiest when they are at the top of the heap–a hard achievement among a class filled with ultra-academic achievers. Others, rise to the level of the room.</p>
<p>@jandjdad…I stand corrected. RL edges out BUA on SATs, BUA edges out RL on NM commended. </p>
<p>But, again, a silly list.</p>
<p>Addendum…RL reports a “median.” BUA an “average.” So apples-to-oranges without further detail…</p>
<p>You’re right. Didn’t catch that but average SAT was reported as 2193, still pretty impressive.
[The</a> Roxbury Latin School Profile | West Roxbury, Massachusetts (MA)](<a href=“http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/13259]The”>The Roxbury Latin School (2023 Profile) - West Roxbury, MA)</p>
<p>Are you sure that all 38 made National Merit? The The school’s profile lists 22 as commended/semi finalists…
<a href=“Boston’s Best Private High School for Curious + Kind Students | Boston University Academy”>Boston’s Best Private High School for Curious + Kind Students | Boston University Academy;
Still pretty impressive.</p>
<p>I was a Philly suburban public high school kid and got a great education. Same high school is not nearly as good today and I wouldn’t send my kids ( if I lived there, which I don’t).</p>
<p>Wofford SC
Elon NC
Roanoke VA</p>
<p>@jandjdad…just going on what the article said…perhaps they’re talking about class of 2012 and you’re talking about 2013, or perhaps you’re right and they’re wrong or they’re right and you’re wrong or you’re both wrong. Whatever. I have no dog in this fight and and by no means intend to slight RL’s claim to preeminence.</p>