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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I’m interested in the school for the next application cycle, so I’ve been doing some research. Based on what I have read so far, the school is challenging and the average SAT score is impressive.  But the school’s college placements don’t seem particularly strong.  Before anyone starts to launch grenades, I am not obsessed with college placements and am not a parent who believes private school education is a means to an Ivy or some such. I am, however, genuinely curious - for such academically bright group of boys, why are the college matriculations not as strong as one might expect?  And yes, I recognize that top universities are  extremely competitive, especially around here, but is that the full story?[/quote]
I actually looked at this in some detail, including aggregating matriculations for several years and plotting them against the Forbes college rankings (which combine universities and liberal arts colleges and generally pass the eyeball test, at least for me). The bottom of the top 10% matriculated to UChicago (Forbes #16); just missing went to Northwestern (#17). The bottom of the top 25%, Boston College (#41); just missing, UNC-CH (#45). The middle of the class, Whitman (#89) and WPI (#93). Top of the bottom quartile, Mason (#177) and Marquette (#180). Top of the bottom decile, RIT (#337) and VCU (#345).

If you think of the families choosing St. Anselm's as something of a mix of "Sidwell families" and "Gonzaga families," the matriculation distribution makes sense (at least to me).[/quote]

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