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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMHO, it's silly to try to rank them.  One reason it's silly is because of constantly moving goal posts.

1. Is Holton better than any other school?  
2. But it's unfair to compare Holton to an entire public school, so what if we compare Holton's school to specific IB/magnet programs at other schools?  
3. But it's unfair to compare Holton's whole school to just the top performers at the public schools, so what if we compare Holton's top honors classes to those IB/magnet programs?
4. But it's unfair to compare those handful of top girls to an entire IB/magnet program, so maybe we should compare Holton's top 5 students to the IB/magnet's top 5 students?

It's an ever-escalating arms race, which leaves us comparing smaller and smaller subsets of students, which makes it harder to draw any general conclusions.

Ultimately, college and academic success begins with your individual child, so it's better to focus on which school will bring out the best in your individual child.  IMHO the comparison of rigor is just a blunt instrument for generating a short list of programs you can investigate more closely.[/quote]

I find this comparison thing silly. What's the point and what would you do with it? [/quote]

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