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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They feel it would be an invasion of privacy as the school is relatively small.  Having been through the process, It hasn't been very useful for top students.   In fact, misleading. given the strong connections area private school families have to colleges.  And for excellent but slightly less selective schools, standard GPA and test score publications tell you as much.[/quote]

That has been our experience as well.  While there is some clustering of higher scoring students being accepted at the most selective schools, each of the results is somewhat idiosyncratic, and you never know the backstory or other considerations.  Even if you are a 3.9 from Sidwell with 2350 SATs there is no guarantee that you will get into Stanford.  Nor is there any reason to believe that you will not get into UPenn or UChicago with a 3.5 if you are also a nationally ranked debater with compelling teacher recommendations.  It just isn't formula driven once the college determines that you have the horsepower to be academically successful.[/quote]

Penn, Chicago, and Sidwell have no debate teams to speak of.  Top Private School debate teams in High School are GDS and Potomac.   College the top academic schools with teams are Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, Emory, Northwestern, Michigan, and Wake Forest.  Other strong college debate programs are Liberty, George Mason, James Madison, and Kansas.[/quote]

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