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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would imagine it varies widely by school. At our small top-rated magnet that gets kids into top schools it is hard to impossible in RD if someone is admitted ED/SCEA. [/quote]

Didn't TJ magnet get 6 kids admitted to Harvard and 6 to MIT last year?  TJ is the only DMV area school considered to be a "feeder" to Harvard, based on number of kids admitted for the last 15 years.   So it depends on the school.  I thought I read that Georgetown Day private school (GDS) got 6 kids into Harvard last year, and none this year.  Factors like legacy and athletic recruit status will obviously come into play too.[/quote]
Only someone from the DMV would call Tommy John school a “feeder” to Harvard…[/quote]

Try learning to read.  The Harvard Crimson, which is Harvard's student newspaper, categorizes Thomas Jefferson magnet as a feeder based on its analysis of data from 2009-2024.  What's your data source?
https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders[/quote]
Math is your friend. Tommy John has over 2000 students. So if St. Anselm’s, with its class of 30, gets 1 kid into Harvard every three years, it’s Harvard proportion is greater than Tommy John’s, even if Tommy John had it’s banner year of 6 Harvard grads every year. Nobody calls St. Anselm’s a Harvard feeder (not like it even wants to be a Harvard feeder, but that’s another story).
You are ignorant of what real Harvard feeders look like. This is because you are DMV. That is all. [/quote]

The Crimson article shows the data for both top schools by admitted number of students at Harvard 2009-2024 AND number of enrolled HS students (academic year 2023-2024.  St. Anselm's isn't on the list, because it isn't a Harvard feeder, not because it's small.  And the Crimson article notes that TJ is the only high school on its list that isn't from the Northeast (other than Harvard Westlake in CA).

https://www.thecrimson.com/widget/2024/11/15/top-feeders-data/[/quote]

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