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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey bonehead, this is not HYPS data: it is merely HPM data.  Why is it an appropriate measure of all "elite" schools?[/quote]

Thank you for correcting me in regards to incorrect marking as HYPS,  as you have stated yes the information on original post is HPM graduation data.
According to Polaris

"Why Harvard, Princeton, and MIT?
We decided to focus on Harvard, Princeton, and MIT based on a combination of their selectivity and their accessibility to lower income students.

Selectivity is important to us because it means these schools have their pick of the lot when it comes to applicants. If a high school is able to send students to one of these three schools, it means that the school has created an environment to support high achieving students, whether it's in academics or extracurriculars.

Accessibility is just as important to us because we believe a college is only as good as its student body, and a student body is at its strongest when it encompasses a diversity of experiences. According to U.S. News and World Report, these three schools are among the colleges with the highest percentage of students receiving Pell Grants, which are most often given to undergrads with family incomes below $20,000. This means that these schools all offer generous financial aid that make it possible for all students to attend without significant burden."

Regardless, I don't trust data when they claim they were only able to capture 88% of the data.   I can't really understand why MCPS posters are calling people names and getting all worked up. 
when we look up the states we know that FCPS and MCPS numbers are not that far off yet FCPS having higher rating on all parts are still true.
we also have to consider that because MCPS does not have magnet schools, it is possible that few schools in MCPS are investing on building advanced academics program on their own which is why more MCPS schools are on the list.

Issue with this post is that initial poster only asked following "But I was curious if it is widely accepted that MCPS send more kids to elite colleges than FCPS? "  where the answer is no MCPS does not send more kids to elite colleges.[/quote]

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