<p>Will keep you all posted how this turns out for my son. I may have a totally different perspective when those acceptances start to roll in :)</p>
<p>^^Best of luck to your son, Cecil!!!</p>
<p>thx Cecil, and best wishes from me too.</p>
<p>hijklm: I think this is what you are looking for. 
There are always exceptions, but in general for non-legacy, non-recruited athlete, non URM or development case, elite boarding schools help a great deal in landing you a “top 25” college, but they don’t help (and possibly hurt your chance) if you are shooting for a “top 5”. (*top 25/top 5 according to us news ranking). Doesn’t mean it can’t happen for your “unhooked” kid but it will NOT be any easier than from a good PS.</p>
<p>hijkim
I just returned from reunion at Stanford where Dean of Admission talked about admissions. Ave admit 8%, Legacy 15% (slightly more with legacy plus ie involved in alumni organization or yearly donor). Legacy gets you two readings of admission material. Higher acceptance rate as if you are on equal with a non legacy, you get nudged and because of higher submission rate of legacy smart kids. He said similar to Harvard, etc (he was at one of them prior to Stanford).</p>
<p>Also, you make great point as to fully utilizing potentials of school. That may be most important aspect of their admission process.</p>
<p>exeter matriculation- I believe these are the newer stats people were looking for at the start of this thread. Even though it says 2006-2008 on the link when you go there it actually says 2007-2009.</p>
<p>[College</a> Office Newsletter - College Matriculation 2006 - 2008](<a href=“http://college.exeter.edu/published/newsletters/College%20Matriculation_2006-2008.html]College”>http://college.exeter.edu/published/newsletters/College%20Matriculation_2006-2008.html)</p>