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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much for the “top 20” claim.  Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill.  From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer [b]Harvard, Princeton and MIT [/b]admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america[/quote]

Um, any ranking based on how many people get in to only three schools -- even if they are good schools -- is pretty much worthless to me.

What impresses me about the Whitman list is how just about everyone got into a good school, and quite a few got into great schools. It was the across-the-board success that I found most impressive.

But if your goal is to get your kid in to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, then I guess the list you shared is a good guide. If not, it's not.[/quote]

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