Harvard Crimson - 1 in 11 students to Harvard from just 21 high schools

[Anonymous]

https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders

The Harvard Crimson's reporting found that out of the 27,000 high schools in America, over the past 15 years, 1 in 11 students who matriculated to Harvard came from just 21 high schools. 12 private schools, 5 public schools, 4 public exam schools. Almost all of them are either located in either MA or NY.

Here is the list:
Hunter College High School
Boston Latin School
Deerfield Academy
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
The Roxbury Latin School
Phillips Academy
Stuyvesant High School
Brookline High School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Belmont High School
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Milton Academy
The Windsor School
Lexington High School
Noble and Greenough School
Horace Mann School
Harvard-Westlake School
The Dalton School
Trinity School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Scarsdale High School

[Anonymous]

This should surprise exactly no one.

[Anonymous]

Is the same poster starting all the Crimson threads over the last couple of days? Do you need a new hobby?

[Anonymous]

Well I went to Princeton 20 years ago, I think 50% of the class was from private schools.
There are just 3600 private schools in the US, and once you filter for extreme religious schools you are probably down to a 1000? So the other 20000 public high schools are vying for the remaining spots

[Anonymous]

Thread already exists https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1240148.page

[Anonymous]

They know exactly what they're getting with these schools.

No grade inflation surprises.

[Anonymous]

Interesting that 13 of the 21 are located in Massachusetts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They know exactly what they're getting with these schools.

No grade inflation surprises.

They know exactly what they are getting!

Legacies and rich kids and locals!

[Anonymous]

I have a kid at Horace Mann. You'd be shocked at how well-represented that school is at U Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that 13 of the 21 are located in Massachusetts.

Children of faculty and alum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This should surprise exactly no one.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I went to Princeton 20 years ago, I think 50% of the class was from private schools.
There are just 3600 private schools in the US, and once you filter for extreme religious schools you are probably down to a 1000? So the other 20000 public high schools are vying for the remaining spots

And TJ and Scarsdale are some of the Top public HS in the country. One you have to be selected to attend. The other, Mommy & Daddy have to be extremely wealthy to live there, and yes most move there precisely for the awesome public school system. Many leave once kids are out of school and move to nearby towns to reduce their ridiculous property taxes (know 3 families who lived in Scarsdale for the schools)

Not a shock that kids with parents highly focused on education and with money also find a way to get their kids into Harvard (half probably have a parent or grandparent who went to Harvard for undergrad, law, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This should surprise exactly no one.

Exactly. They know the top kids from these schools can handle Harvard with no issues. Why wouldn’t they choose them?

[Anonymous]

Go TJ!

[Anonymous]

Does it surprise anyone that Harvard's "commitment to diversity and inclusion" doesn't extend to the poors who have to attend public schools?

Why feign shock at their hypocrisy?