<p>I'm not sure that the best way to interperate that data is by naming those listed schools as "the best." The stats were gathered from the number of alumni from each school who attended Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore, the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins. Just because these colleges had a large number of students who graduated from these secondary schools does not necessarily make them the "best." I'm not dissing NYC day schools, I think they're fabulous, but be careful of how you read statistics like this.</p>
<p>FYI: They left schools with graduating classes less than 50 out. I go to a city school that ranks above Chapin and below Brearley by a tiny bit and it was left out because we had just 46 last year yet over half the grade ends up in ivies.</p>
<p>And really, even though I'm biased, my parents (both of whom are long time legs at Groton and Exeter) have said that I'm getting a higher quality education, a lot of it due to the environment, at my school than they did at prep school. The trees and grass must be nice, but knowing the same teachers for 13 years really creates a strong bond like no other.</p>
<p>The interesting thing about this list is a school like Chapin sent 0 girls to MIT in 4 years, 1 to Pomona, 3 to UofC, 1 to Swarthmore, etc and still ranked 3rd. If they included all the Ivies, Duke, and Stanford, they would've done MUCH better.</p>
<p>My school also told the WSJ to shove off a few years ago so I suppose they're a bit bruised.</p>
<p>Which school is this runspotrun?</p>
<p>Spence, of course.</p>
<p>Our ED so far is killer - 1 at the top college at Cambridge, some Yale, some Brown, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Penn, etc.</p>
<p>Runspotrun great school but below Chapin in every ranking. I'm going to your school's website and see where you would've fallen on this list.</p>
<p>Eh, I've seen us above and below Chapin.
Did you read the Sun article? I was actually shocked that we were the richest by FAR.</p>
<p>runspotrun, I've checked both websites. Your school has incredible exmissions, but still slightly below Chapin's. You would've been high on the WSJ list, but behind Chapin. When you say richest I guess you mean endowment.</p>
<p>Yeah - we have $131mil, followed by HoMann's 100 or so.</p>
<p>cool. Are you proud of this?</p>
<p>I wouldn't say proud, but I laughed at how HM really does think that they are absolutely superior. But really (and maybe you'll agree) I think the school with the biggest superiority complex is Collegiate.</p>
<p>I'm guessing you go to Chapin.</p>
<p>HM is a great school as well. Endowment doesn't reflect the quality of the school. But, I'm sure you know this. I think we all are guilty of feeling a little superior sometimes. :-). However, I do agree with you.</p>
<p>endowment is a sign of fa, more fa more diversity</p>
<p>None of these NYC day schools offer any more diversity than another. No matter how many millions in endowment, most of the parents of minority students are as wealthy as the rest of parent body.</p>
<p>I meant economic diversity</p>
<p>I see. I still believe they all offer the same in terms of FA.</p>
<p>Awww! My old alma mater, Chapin, beat out my current school, Exeter. Good for Chapin! Exeter's fine, but Chapin's #1 in my heart....</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, I'm curious to see the NYC private school "exmission" rates when they count the many, many students of theirs who leave in 9th or 10th grade to go off to boarding schools...</p>
<p>Shannyc, do you go to Chapin? What grade are you in now?</p>
<p>Yes, but I don't like to get too specific on boards like this. Curious, why did you leave Chapin for bs? Change of pace?</p>
<p>I actually left Chapin for Hunter back in 7th grade, looking for a bit more academic rigor (in the end, Chapin was much more academic), then moved to Italy in 8th grade, then looked for a more stable school environment, given my family's proclivity to moving. I was actually in the class of '09 at Chapin - I skipped 10th grade at Exeter. (I'm Tara - you may or may not have met me in real life...)</p>