<p>Hey guys,
In 2011, my school sent ~5 people to HYMPS (2 to Stanford, 1 to Princeton).
This year we have a much stronger senior class; so far there are 4 admitted to Stanford, 2 to MIT, 1 to Yale, 2 to Princeton, 2 to Caltech (and that's all that I know of currently; there might be and probably are more). </p>
<p>Will this increase in acceptance affect my class (I'm a junior right now) at all, and if so, in what ways?
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>No. How do you think it could possibly affect your class?</p>
<p>Well, I’ve heard that for districts that normally don’t send any school to HYMPS will have it harder to get into HYMPS? Is there any truth to this? And of course, the corollary, that colleges that normally take many kids from a certain school will continue that trend in the future?</p>
<p>Correlation is not causation. Schools that tend to send kids to top schools have resources (in facilities, faculties) and tend to serve populations with larger nos. of high achieving kids.</p>
<p>Think about it. But ultimately it’s up to the individual. They took five this year? They might take ten next year.</p>
<p>Or zero.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Makes sense.</p>
<p>If anything, it may help your chances.</p>
<p>There are some schools that NEVER send anyone to HYPMS. There are some that send several every year (I know last year, our town HS sent at least 4 or 5 to these schools, and that the Ivy admittances are always in the double digits).</p>
<p>I suspect that these institutions either think highly of the High School or that they’ve had good experiences with the admits.</p>
<p>So, to the extent your HS is becoming recognized, it may help future admittances.</p>
<p>Of course – this year may just be an anomoly – they may take ten … or zero.</p>