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[quote=Anonymous]While I find matriculation *lists* interesting -- both for seeing the range of schools chosen (how far-flung, how quirky) and for seeing how bad and how good it can get -- summary stats strike me as really useless to the extent that parents want to use them to predict their own DCs' odds of admission to select colleges based on choice of private secondary schools.

Unless/until there is credible information about what % of the admissions are influenced by legacy status or recruited athletes, there's just no basis of comparison across schools.  And, frankly, if your kid isn't a legacy or top athlete and goes to a private school with lots of kids who are, you've just decreased your DC's chances of admission to his/her/your college of choice.  The first competition is intramural and you've placed your DC at a competitive disadvantage.

So if your primary goal in selecting a secondary school is college admissions, look for the school (which may be public) where your kid is most likely to stand out among the applicants.  Not for the one where the applicant pool will be the deepest and most competitive.

Personally, I'd pick a secondary school based on the quality of the education it will provide my DC.  But if you're more instrumental about these things, at least understand how they work.  It's not a random drawing and these aren't odds.

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