<p>Totally agree. @Sue22</p>
<p>If you read an explanation of the methodology it says:</p>
<p>“We do not include any magnet or charter high school that draws such a high concentration of top students that its average SAT or ACT score exceeds the highest average for any normal-enrollment school in the country”</p>
<p>And yet if you look at the list it’s clear there are many privates which exceed the average - and in fact many private schools with selective/highly selective admissions. </p>
<p>So yes, the list is nonsense and I’m left wondering about the connection between the Washington Post which published this garbage and the College Board which makes huge $$$ off of AP exams. </p>
<p>Then why, pray tell, do they have Exeter on there? </p>
<p><em>sigh</em> these ignorant, uninformed lists that mislead parents and students alike.</p>
<p>^^^Exactly.</p>
<p>Not just Exeter, they also have Andover, St. Paul’s, Middlesex and a few others. Washington Post reporting is rapidly approaching the credibility of its editorial page. </p>