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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recently learned about Naviance and explored it for S's HS, which is ranked in the top 30 by US News and has been for the last 5 years. Said school is widely regarded as the best in a (very large) city, and it is acclaimed for supposedly preparing graduates for college. 100% pass district tests and on average students take 6 AP exams with a pass rate of over 95%. The average SAT and ACT are upwards of 1900/28. The top 10% take nearly 14 APs on average and most get near perfect scores on testing. I took a look at Naviance data and was surprised to see that across the top LACs and universities, there was seemingly no benefit of attending this HS. Actually, more places had [b]LOWER[/b] admit rates than the usual average and the few with higher ones were barely higher. Keep in mind that a 4.4+ is equivalent to the top 15% and a 4.6+ the top 5%. With these statistics, what's the point of going to a supposedly more rigorous HS? Many people in this HS could easily be in the top 10% or even valedictorian at other schools.

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Interesting that the OP skipped Notre Dame.  Wonder why? [/quote]

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