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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone likes to compare where the tops of the classes at the various privates end up for college, but I often think its much more instructive to try to figure out where the middles and the bottoms of each class end up. At any one of the privates in this area admission to top schools is influenced, by legacy, athletics and other hooks. [b]But where the kid with the 3.0 or below ends up is perhaps much more indicative of the reputation of the school with various colleges.  Just a thought.[/b] [/quote]

I agree 100%. 
Most of the class at these schools will have worked hard for a 2.5 to 3.5. 
Where do they go to college?  That is the real strength of a school.  [/quote]

Last time I looked at the matriculations for STA, about 45-50% of the kids went to top-25 ranked schools. Not sure what it was last year, but probably comparable. [/quote]

The same.  Lots of Ivys, Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt, CalBerk, Pomona, academies, Vandy, and then a bunch to Colby, Bowdoin, BC, William and Mary and the like.  Something like 60 out of 75 went to solid schools this past year.  [/quote]

STA admits many students with parents who are Ivy alums. Many of the Ivy admits are legacies or athletes. Same with many of the top 25 schools lots of legacies are admitted. [/quote]

My take after watching the STA admits very closely in recent years is that that kids getting admitted to the Ivies are 1)sports recruits 2)the top academic kids (i.e. kids who really stand out academically).  
Ironically, many of these kids [b]are Ivy legacies but not to the Ivy that they are attending themselves. [/b] For example, last year there were Yale admits who were not legacies.  The school is swarming 
with Yale legacies (probably 20 in any class when you count both parents) but they are not the kids that got in. This year there are already a few Harvard admits.  I don't know both kids but the one I do know is not a legacy but is 
a kid who is an academic genius in one subject (complete outlier at the school). 
If anything, the STA college admits seem to restore my faith in the process.[/quote]

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