<p>I also think that Taft should be on the tier 1 list also, along with Buckingham Browne and Nichols (even if it’s a day school) it’s top college that it enrolls the most students to is Harvard… now that’s tier 1.</p>
<p>I finally found a word to describe CC: vituperative.</p>
<p>I like SHE GLAD M&M except that it leaves out Choate.</p>
<p>In my opinion these 10 schools are definitely the best</p>
<p>(in no particular order)</p>
<p>Andover
Exeter
SPS
Hotchkiss
Deerfield
Middlesex
Milton
Groton
Choate
Lawrenceville</p>
<p>The only acronym that I could come up with was SHE GLAD M&M and that doesn’t have a C.</p>
<p>benevolent4them, good job. So from now on you’d say “I applied to 5 of the SHE GLAD M&M”? LOL</p>
<p>6 actually ;)</p>
<p>IBB, you say that you do not want a ranking war, the inherent nature of this thread (especially when you say “only tier one”) is a ranking system. </p>
<p>Either way, the ones that will be covered have been covered.</p>
<p>yes. exactly. </p>
<p>Andover
Choate
Deerfield
Exeter
Groton
Hotchkiss
L’ville
Middlesex
Milton
NMH
SPS
Perhaps St. Andrews or Thacher or Cate. I’m not terribly familiar with these schools, so it’s up fpr debate, which leads us to our NEXT topic: the appeal system. </p>
<p>The schools listed above will be the Original…11. From here on out, any schools NOT on the list will be appealed to be added to the list, as determined by a group of seasoned CCers (and me, of course) that I shall compile in my next post.</p>
<p>actually, I couldn’t come up with a good list. help, please?</p>
<p>Original Ten (This is a ranking war, whether you like it or not :)):
-Hotchkiss School
-Phillips Academy Andover
-Deerfield Academy
-Phillips Exeter Academy
-St. Paul’s School
-Groton School
-Choate Rosemary Hall
-Milton Academy
-Lawrenceville Academy
-Thacher</p>
<p>really, PPV? you seek to remove my school? </p>
<p>on a completely unrelated note, I am thinking about renaming the league. Utimately, it came down to:</p>
<p>a) a relative of ivy (hence ginseng)
b) something usually found with ivy in gardens (like lavender)
c) what ivy grows out of (which is shoots, but “Shoot League” sounds odd)</p>
<p>anyone have an idea that’s better than ginseng?</p>
<p>Oh! Sorry… Middlesex should be in there, no doubt.</p>
<p>You can’t possibly place NMH in the same category as Andover Exeter and SPS. I don’t know about this whole Jinseng league BS either.</p>
<p>Leaving it as “first tier” and “second tier” is a much better idea. You can consider whatever school you want to be in the first tier or second tier. It gets rid of the stupid debate of which schools are in or out.</p>
<p>You guys honestly need to find something better to do then argue whether Milton or Middlesex is worth this “First Tier” Does it really matter? Are you ever going to unanimously decide? The answer is no, so leaveee it alone.</p>
<p>We were not arguing about it. Point is, everything that will ever be unanimously agreed is already in there.</p>
<p>The rigor of NMH is equal to the other schools on the list. Just because it is not as prestigious because it gets fewer applicants (because it is less prestigious…vicious cycle) does not mean it is not as good a school. It is a CHOICE not to push Ivy League college admissions at this school. The philosophy is that there is more of importance than caring about how prestigious your schools is and how much money you can possibly make if you have all the right names and connections on your resume. They stress that reaching out to the wider world and becoming more educated about that world and being a good neighbor and steward to that world is of equal, if not even higher importance than the quest for the almighty dollar. </p>
<p>Their profile is just as respected by colleges. The strength of the academics should be the main measure of how good a school is, not which college or university people choose to continue on to once they receive that education.</p>
<p>I really do not know anything about NMH to judge, thank you.</p>
<p>NMH is a great school, but sorry, it’s not in the same league. Thacher and Cate aren’t really that impressive either. I’m just basing this on the website and the info there. There matriculations aren’t that great. It’s all opinion of course.</p>
<p>I am pretty familiar with many of the schools having lived near several of them my entire life. I know many students who have attended as well as professors. It is from conversations with students of Andover, Exter, and NMH, and their parents, that I surmise the equitability of the education. If you are judging merely by IVY+ acceptances, than you are correct, NMH does not belong on that list. If you are judging by quality of education, then they belong.</p>
<p>I guess that I really don’t know about the “quality of the education.” I was really just basing my ratings on objective information like matriculation, acceptance rates, average SSAT, ect.</p>
<p>A top 20 would be realistic and more in tune with what universities really think…
As keylyme says, college matriculation lists can be very misleading for many reasons; the one she mentioned plus legacies and athletes etc…for the unhooked student, the top twenty offer pretty much the same opportunity. [WSJ.com</a> - For Groton Grads, Academics Aren’t Only Keys to Ivy Schools](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/golden1.htm]WSJ.com”>WSJ.com - For Groton Grads, Academics Aren't Only Keys to Ivy Schools)</p>
<p>I agree with PPV. anything that will ever be unanimously agreed upon is already there. “Ginseng League”=“First Tier”. I meant for them to be synonymous.</p>