<p>val=BYU
sal=Pton (highly uber legacy(both parents went there, one was a prof, athletic recruit, and lied about being hispanic)</p>
<p>all the other top people got rejected from top scools while some dullards and mediocre students got in to good places</p>
<p>my favorite example of the senseless acceptee is this one person who is quite, studies for grades only and has few ec's except spending many many many solitary hours practicing the piano, and this person isnt even that good. anyway, this person got in to Stanford while another girl who is MUCH MUCH smarter, intellectual, and nationall recognized ice skater got rejected and will end up at UCLA</p>
<p>'05: 2 valedictorians (i think, it's not official yet; if not, I'm #3 and not salutatorian :( ) one to Brown over Swarthmore, Pomona, WUSTL, full ride at Rhodes; other to UChicago
If indeed I'm salutatorian, the salutatorian is going to BU, over Indiana U (music school, insufficient financial aid) Vanderbilt, and Bard. </p>
<p>'04: Valedictorian took a full ride to Hobart+Wm. Smith over Carleton and Middlebury; Salutatorian to Earlham over Carleton, Pitzer, and Grinnell.</p>
<p>'03: V. to Davidson, S. to Wellesely</p>
<p>'02: V. to Yale, S. to CMC</p>
<p>'01: V. to Brown, S. to Lafayette</p>
<p>'00: V.'s to Swarthmore and MIT, S. to Vanderbilt</p>
<p>this is interesting. we are a VERY small school in a very small college town. people really seem to pick schools that suit them well, with me at BU as an unfortunate exception (finances explain that one...) anyway, prestige does not rule, though obviously we attain some of it.</p>
<p>We dont have rankings at my school, but the top students are going to:</p>
<p>(Number Going- School)
1- Stanford
1- Deep Springs College (Accepted to Harvard EA but turning them down)
2- Columbia
4- Brown
1- Penn
1- Cal Tech
3- Berkeley
1- Georgetown
2- Vassar
2- University of Chicago</p>
<p>Our class did really well this year. We are really proud. The school only has 75 kids per grade as well and we had 8 National Merit Finalists.</p>
<p>the presentation of the application is more important than you realize. ex. stanford has no interview, makes their two-page application that much more meticulous.</p>
<p>(with all that stuff why would the sal lie about being hispanic? *** i dont want dishonest classmates)</p>
<p>but this girl is your typical female jock/beauty queen</p>
<p>she is definetly not a member of La Raza</p>
<p>oh and btw, last year, the guy that got accepted to Pton was a total jerk. He tried to bully the school into starting fake clubs where then he could claim being prez on his application and he used a college counselor and insulted our school counselor</p>
<p>so far, in the last 2 years... Pton has taken a
1. jerk who played the system
2.uber-legacy athlete who got URM status</p>
<p>oh and I forgot to mention this other girl who is just a plain athletic recruit. They apparently had a senior on this position in this team and they NEEDED someone to take her place. So.... they admitted her.</p>
<p>Meanwhile... the smart stanford legacy girl gets shafted as well as tons of other people whom I respect much more and are more "passionate about their pursuits" as cliche as that sounds.</p>
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<li>jerk who played the system obviously cant be blamed on princeton.</li>
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<p>im ashamed though, of these future fellow princetonians of mine. <em>shakes head</em> our val also tried the college counselor play-your-way-in approach, but failed. most princetonians are really cool, though.</p>
<p>I agree, but if I just look at who got accepted where from my school</p>
<p>the people who got in to "top" schools were 2 to princeton(both athletes) 1 to columbia( no idea how she got in) 1 to brown (ED, good choice for brown) 1 to stanford(aforementioned quiet girl), 1 to Oxford(good pick by Oxford)</p>
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1- Deep Springs College (Accepted to Harvard EA but turning them down)
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<p>Holy carpfish! That's pretty dang impressive...I used to not know anything about Deep Springs, but after I read up on them, I'm instantly in awe of anyone who gets in. </p>
<p>School does not rank, but the top guy got into</p>
<p>Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, and some other top schools (rejected from Upenn)</p>
<p>However...he recently graduated from the local community college by simultaneously completing high school and college at the same time. He graduated from CC his junior year and was rejected by all (minus Upenn, but he declined...hence his rejection this year. Did his senior year for "fun"). I guess he one-upped everyone since he had already applied everywhere.</p>
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School does not rank, but the top guy got into</p>
<p>Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, and some other top schools (rejected from Upenn)
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<p>That's rather funny since many people would rank U Penn as one of the least competitive schools on that list. Just goes to show that sometimes it's a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Our valedictorian(s):
2005: Both going to University of Florida (not sure about other acceptances but money was better at UF)
2004: Rejected from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, attended Univeristy of Florida
2003: accepted lots of places, but went to Baylor because of her family's strong ties to the Baptist church and great aid package</p>
<p>Most of the top kids from my school end up at University of Florida. Unless you get accepted to some place really spectacular (like I'm hoping to next fall) it just doesn't make sense to lay down 40k a year when you can go to a public U in florida for next to nothing under the Bright Futures program.</p>
<p>I'm one of 3 valedictorians at my school. I was accepted to Amherst (where I'm going), Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Reed, Oberlin, Colgate, Bowdoin, WVU, another state school, and rejected by Harvard. The other two are both going to a small, IMO poor college less than an hour from our school, and our sal is going there also (I think they accept anyone who gets over a 16 ACT). Last year also had 3; all went to WVU. Most people don't go far from home or out of state, and the guidance couselor we had until a month ago discourages it strongly.</p>