Most Popular Colleges at Top 30 Prep Schools in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

Our new and expanded list:

Here is a list of the most popular colleges at the Top 30 private high schools in the U.S. along with the number of students who enroll annually in 25 of those 30 schools on average.

UChicago is the most popular followed by Harvard.


Rank College Total Number of Students from Top 30 Private High Schools Annually

1) UChicago - 128.8
2) Harvard - 119.9
3) NYU - 118.9
4) Cornell - 110.3
5) Yale - 106
6) Georgetown - 103
7) Penn - 101.2
8) Brown - 91
9) Columbia - 90.5
10) Tufts - 75.1
11) Princeton - 67.25
12) WashU - 66.5
13) Stanford - 63.5
14) Dartmouth - 58
15) USC - 57.4
16) Berkeley - 40.3
17) Williams - 41.8
18) Northwestern - 48.9
19) Duke - 43.6
20) MIT - 36.9
21) Vanderbilt - 35.1
22) Johns Hopkins - 22.8

Most popular means the college at which the most students overall enrolled in.

Twenty-five of the Top Thirty schools according to Niche.com were included:

Andover, Exeter, St. Mark's of Texas, College Preparatory School, Hotchkiss, Harvard-Westlake, Trinity, Choate Rosemary Hall, Regis, Horace Mann, Collegiate School, The Brearley School, Lawrenceville School, Groton, Nueva School, and Noble and Greenough School, Ransom Everglades, Lakeside School, Georgetown Day School, Dalton School, Rye Country Day School, The Spence School, Riverdale Country School, Hopkins School, St. Paul's School.

Twenty-four of the Top 30 Schools provided exact figures. One school (Trinity) provided tiers (5+, 10+).

Four schools that only provided the names of colleges its students attended but no figures were not included. One school did not provide any information.

Most schools provided a range of 4 or 5 years for their enrollment figures. Total enrollment was divided by the number of years to give an average yearly enrollment per school.

https://tophscollege.blogspot.com/2021/06/uchicago-most-popular-college-at-top-30.html

[Anonymous]

Corrected:

Here is a list of the most popular colleges at the Top 30 private high schools in the U.S. along with the number of students who enroll annually in 25 of those 30 schools on average.

UChicago is the most popular followed by Harvard.



Rank College Total Number of Students from Top 30 Private High Schools Annually

1) UChicago - 128.8
2) Harvard - 119.9
3) NYU - 118.9
4) Cornell - 110.3
5) Yale - 106
6) Georgetown - 103
7) Penn - 101.2
8) Brown - 91
9) Columbia - 90.5
10) Tufts - 75.1
11) Princeton - 67.25
12) WashU - 66.5
13) Stanford - 63.5
14) Dartmouth - 58
15) USC - 57.4
16) Northwestern - 48.9
17) Duke - 43.6
18) Williams - 41.8
19) Berkeley - 40.3
20) MIT - 36.9
21) Vanderbilt - 35.1
22) Johns Hopkins - 22.8

Most popular means the college at which the most students overall enrolled in.

Twenty-five of the Top Thirty schools according to Niche.com were included:

Andover, Exeter, St. Mark's of Texas, College Preparatory School, Hotchkiss, Harvard-Westlake, Trinity, Choate Rosemary Hall, Regis, Horace Mann, Collegiate School, The Brearley School, Lawrenceville School, Groton, Nueva School, and Noble and Greenough School, Ransom Everglades, Lakeside School, Georgetown Day School, Dalton School, Rye Country Day School, The Spence School, Riverdale Country School, Hopkins School, St. Paul's School.

Twenty-four of the Top 30 Schools provided exact figures. One school (Trinity) provided tiers (5+, 10+).

Four schools that only provided the names of colleges its students attended but no figures were not included. One school did not provide any information.

Most schools provided a range of 4 or 5 years for their enrollment figures. Total enrollment was divided by the number of years to give an average yearly enrollment per school.

[Anonymous]

Are they really popular? Maybe a smaller school is better liked but just can’t take as many students. If so, this list doesn’t mean much.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get why anyone would care which colleges took the most students from a couple dozen private schools (or why they’d conceptualize that stat as “popularity.”) It’s just so stupid.

[Anonymous]

Enrollment doesn’t really capture the notion of most preferred/popular college. Students might have preferred Harvard but H didn’t admit them. Thus, they enrolled at Chicago. A better measure of preference would early decision applications. That is, if a school is willing to accept them, where do students apply?

[Anonymous]

Are we really to believe that NYU is preferred over Yale and Princeton? This list reflects choice after admission denials. It’s a conditional preference list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we really to believe that NYU is preferred over Yale and Princeton? This list reflects choice after admission denials. It’s a conditional preference list.

For kids that want to be in NYC yes. If you are creative why not be in the creative center and Stern has top placement as well as internships. Also, Princeton and Yale are too preppy for tons of college-age kids. They don't like the area or the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Where is UVA?

[Anonymous]

ED applications would better capture preference, not selection among schools one is admitted to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really to believe that NYU is preferred over Yale and Princeton? This list reflects choice after admission denials. It’s a conditional preference list.

For kids that want to be in NYC yes. If you are creative why not be in the creative center and Stern has top placement as well as internships. Also, Princeton and Yale are too preppy for tons of college-age kids. They don't like the area or the burbs.

Sure. Given the choice, you go NYU and I go Stanford. No gripe.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Finally, a difonitice answer for DCUM! GDS really is the only true top school in Washington….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Finally, a difonitice answer for DCUM! GDS really is the only true top school in Washington….

*definitive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Finally, a difonitice answer for DCUM! GDS really is the only true top school in Washington….

Sidwell chose not to provide the info require by the poll. I cannot speak to STA/NCS, but I suspect they made the same decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Finally, a difonitice answer for DCUM! GDS really is the only true top school in Washington….

Sidwell chose not to provide the info require by the poll. I cannot speak to STA/NCS, but I suspect they made the same decision.

Nope, they are just ranked lower, NCS is considered a “top 50:”

https://tophscollege.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-most-popular-colleges-at-top-50.html?m=1