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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent with a child at one of these top 10 schools, let me just say:

These high school rankings are stupid and deeply offensive.[/quote]

+1. I think the ranking of high schools is very stupid. College admissions boards don't care if you went to a highly ranked high school (except to the extent they think you faced challenging circumstances that you overcame), and when you enter the workforce, no one cares what high school you went to.  Depending on the profession, people might care about what college or graduate school you went to, but not your high school. [/quote]

Seriously, you protest too much.  Other things being equal, parents will prefer to send their kids to high schools where most students not only pass the basic state exams like SOLs, but also take AP/IB courses and get passing scores on the year-end exams.  And kids are more likely to be challenged, and to challenge themseles, if they have plenty of motivated peers.  It doesn't really have anything to do with whether it's a good idea to put your HS or your SAT scores on your resume.   [/quote]

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