<p>So I’ve heard different things.</p>
<p>Is it better if…</p>
<li><p>In the past years, your school has sent off many graduates to X School.</p></li>
<li><p>In the past years, your school has sent off little or none graduates to X School.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Or does it not really matter?</p>
<p>(I’m using X School because I’m curious of the answer in general, not particularly for Princeton)</p>
<p>i guess if your school sent a lot of people in the past, then it's good because then it shows that they recognize your school and like to admit your grads. i know for my school each year like 20-something people go to cornell, nyu, upenn.</p>
<p>Of course students from schools with attribute 1 will be better off than students with attribute 2. However, a student from a school with attribute 2 won't be turned down by Princeton because of his/her school.</p>
<p>If Princeton thinks you're an awesome candidate, they're going to accept you no matter what your school's history is. Often the high schools that have many repeat enrollees at the top universities is because of the caliber of the students that attend the schools, not because of the Highschool itself.</p>
<p>...right. ^ what he said lol</p>
<p>Yeah just wondering.
My school is one of those low-performing schools (economically disadvantaged area) with about 20 Asian kids who keep the stats up.
I think so far we've had:
Princeton: 2
Harvard: 1
UPenn: 1
Stanford: 1</p>
<p>What if your school never sent anyone to princeton? that must be sorta a bonus over some cases since they want diversity. Otherwise they'd fill up half their class from andover and the other half from princeton high school.</p>
<p>^That's what I was thinking.</p>
<p>wait you're from houston. aren't there lik a ton of asians in that area? lol sorry if i'm stereotyping.</p>
<p>And, are those stats from last year or..your entire school's history</p>
<p>No, not in my area.
The people here are black or hispanic.
Oh and the few Asian kids we have are district transfers to our academy.</p>
<p>As for the stats:
Well past five years of my school to my knowledge.
Last year I think it was 1 Harvard and 1 UPenn</p>
<p>i am from san diego, from a public high school that is one of the top in the county, but still pretty low relatively speaking.</p>
<p>we are about 40% hispanic, 20% black, 15% asian and 25% white</p>
<p>no one at my school knows of anyone from our high school ever going to princeton since our h.s. was established in 1980. we have however sent many to stanford (about 3 or 4 a year), and a few to yale and harvard.</p>
<p>past 2 yrs, my school sent 9 ppl to P'ton ED. like 2 more RD i think. remember, past 2 years, not 1</p>
<p>wow that's still a lot.
i don't know...i'm surprised that our school even sent 2 in their whole history. that seems a lot for my school.
but this year, our class is unbelievably smart.
there are like five or six people who i KNOW will get into good places.</p>
<p>well my school is top 10 public in NJ, so i think P'ton recognizes us and likes us.</p>
<p>one of our graduates is BRIAN SINGER, director of the X-Men films and Superman Returns, etc...</p>
<p>our school only graduates football players pretty much.</p>
<p>BUT our rival school (the school we always get into gunfights with, seriously we do)
is where Isaiah Washington, the guy who plays Dr. Burke on Grey's Anatomy graduated from.</p>
<p>that doesn't really count, but whatever.</p>
<p>They track the # of applications, acceptances, and matriculations from each high school for the past five years. Being from a "feeder" school (lots of matriculations) isn't really an advantage in the admission process, but it does pretty much guarantee that your school will be visited by an officer during travel season, and that your app will be read by someone who really understands your school. Being from a school with no track record can be an advantage, in that everyone's always looking for that once-in-a-decade student from an unknown high school, but that advantage won't extend beyond a closer look at your app. You certainly won't get in just because you're from an unknown high school.</p>
<p>No Princetonians from my school.. lol I am homeschooled haha...</p>
<p>hmm homeschooling gives more time to study for standardized tests, i think.
am i wrong?</p>
<p>wow! you were homeschooled?? I heard you guys have to do more SAT11 tests and all.. HOw many did yoiu do? ......Besides only one person from my school has gone to an ivyleague school hahaaahahah! and the funniest part is that the person went to PRINCETON....</p>
<p>Ummm... it all depends on how much time you give it. I wouldn't say we have more time than regular people; my schedule has always been pretty packed! And no we don't have to do more SAT II tests. At least, I don't have to, because I used an accredited homeschool program, with all my grading and stuff done by a professional auditor. So I have a real transcript. I don't know about homeschooled people who don't have an official transcript, maybe they have to meet additional requirements.</p>
<p>Oh, and for all of you who associate homeschooling with the wacked fundies you hear about in the news: I am not like that! They give the rest of us a bad name...!</p>