<p>im not looking for anything precise here but i just have no sense of what would be closer, i guess i'd guess around 10% but i feel like it could be a lot lower than that or even a bit higher. i guess im wondering on which side of 10% it is. </p>
<p>and if this could be inferred from SATs or ACTs any other data than that's cool too. mostly just want to know how many of those who score within the top 1% on those tests goes to good schools, say the ones in the top 50, or if you want to restrict it to the ivy league then obviously the percents going to be lower, but i'd even be curious to know that. just to get some perspective on the question. </p>
<p>hmm so around half went to 4-year public or private schools the next year (does that seem kind of low to you? it seems a little on the low side to me), but how many went to top ones? you’d have to decide which ones you ant to consider that and then go through the list of how many went to each school adding the numbers up for each school on your list. tedious, but maybe i’ll do it if no one else wants to. umm, anyone else want to?</p>
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<p>fine, i guess ill be doing it! just kidding if i said that then anyone who might’ve been willing to do it wouldn’t do it. so you know what, im not going to do it. looks like we’ll <em>never know</em> how many went to the more prestigious schools. can you live with not knowing that? ask yourself that and think very carefully on the answer before you move on from this thread please.</p>
<p>“looks like we’ll <em>never know</em> how many went to the more prestigious schools. can you live with not knowing that? ask yourself that and think very carefully on the answer please.”</p>
<p>What does this even mean? I don’t understand - what is the point of your post? </p>
<p>It’s last year’s data on the number of NMSF’s that matriculated at a given college for the class of 2013, but it gives you the general idea. You can determine the exact percentages yourself with a calculator. The list is near the bottom of the document, so you’ll have to scroll down a little. </p>
<p>oh im just trying to get someone to calculate what i want to know for me. the data is actually all there which is pretty cool but where is the person that’s going to do the simple analysis on it that i want done? i don’t want to do it so im trying to get someone else to, that’s why i said that. but i don’t really expect anyone to do it, im just joking because im sure you all can live without knowing what i want to know. that’s all i meant by that but i didn’t say it very clearly, i apologize for the confusion.</p>
<p>If you look at the NMS data, a significant pool of them go to low tier colleges for the scholarships. That is how they end up as NMS. There are many NMF going to top schools without any NM scholarship.</p>
<p>ahh yeah, the nmsf scholarships can be an incentive to go to lower tier colleges for those who could really use it (although if they could really use it then maybe they could get enough need based assistance from high tier private schools to make those worth it, but maybe they simply won’t apply to those knowing acceptance is unlikely and already having a good idea of where they want to go).</p>
<p>This is not a very accurate description of the way many families are forced to make financial decisions. Many middle class families fall into an area of high EFC but can’t afford to pay the expected contribution. Schools that meet 100% need expect an EFC. </p>
<p>Many of the lower tier school offer huge financial incentives like free-ride or free-tuition. The financial decision between debt vs. no debt drives a lot of decisions.</p>
<p>When you look at the list of winners, don’t forget that some colleges sponsor their own. All 57 Carleton College National Merit Scholars are sponsored by Carleton, for example. </p>