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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a fine list, but compared to STA/NCS, Sidwell and GDS the middle 50% seem to be going to schools that would be the bottom 25% at these other schools. This matches with the number of NMSFs/Presidential scholars at Holton vs the other top schools at least this year, but in these small schools, there can be a lot of variability from year to year, particularly for schools that start with PK/K like Sidwell/GDS, and 3rd or 4rth for Holton and NCS/StA.  Kids mature at different rates, and apply themselves differently, hard to predict how a 5-9 year old will be performing in 7-10 years. [/quote]

Overall, I'd say the Holton list is not that much different from those at the other schools (which, BTW, don't all publish lists, so we're both going on best guesses here, right?).  The Holton list might differ in 2 respects:

1) fewer top 10 schools from both the research universities category and the liberal arts colleges category; and,

2) more state schools that are not among the "public Ivies" -- I hate this term, but you know what I mean.  This may reflect high school culture more than anything else, including the students' strength as candidates for admission, the counseling program or even family finances (though this last factor might be the most signifcant of these).  My guess is that young women graduating from a small all-girls high school may be more eager to go to a big state school with a Greek scene, football games, etc., than are young men and women graduating from a slightly larger coed high school.        [/quote]

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