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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Think about it this way:

[b]Andover's acceptance rate is 13%. They pull from all over the country and the world, and are one of the most coveted private high schools.[/b]

Aside from some kindergarten classes, where there are simply very few slots, I can't imagine day schools in this area--even the best ones--having an acceptance rate that is that much lower than a top independent boarding school.

My guess is that you have a few schools that hover around 15-25%, and then the rest are significantly higher.

That's fine; acceptance rate is simply NOT a proxy for excellence. UChicago had a very high acceptance rate before they started accepting the Common App, simply because they had a self-selecting applicant pool. As soon as they started taking the Common App, their acceptance rate plummeted and people started talking about how great the school is. The school didn't change; the number of applications did.[/quote]

If it's true that Andover's acceptance rate is around 13% (and when I checked, this claim at least has some basis in reality), this stat does strongly suggest hat the DC area schools' acceptance rates must be higher. [/quote]

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