<p>I think you missed my point. I wasn't making a comparison on the difficulty of admission standards between the schools. Rather, that if "Harvard of the South" carries a connotation relevant to social terms that Vanderbilt would be the stronger comparison. Deerfield academy shows the data you are looking for (# admitted & # matriculates), but ZERO students even applied to WashU while 41 students applied to Vanderbilt. Every elite prep school shows similar trends.</p>
<p>Deerfield -
<a href="http://www.deerfield.edu/academics/index.cfm?page_ID=74%5B/url%5D">http://www.deerfield.edu/academics/index.cfm?page_ID=74</a></p>
<p>Andover -
<a href="http://www.andover.edu/cco/matrics/default.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.andover.edu/cco/matrics/default.asp</a></p>
<p>Groton -
<a href="http://www.groton.org/home/content.asp?id=580%5B/url%5D">http://www.groton.org/home/content.asp?id=580</a></p>
<p>Collegiate (NY) -
<a href="http://www.collegiateschool.org/program/college/matriculation.asp?bhcp=1%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegiateschool.org/program/college/matriculation.asp?bhcp=1</a></p>
<p>At every top prep school, you will see Vanderbilt heavily represented both in terms of applications and the number who chose to attend. While WashU will be completely absent, the schools just cater towards different crowds.</p>