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[quote=Anonymous]1/8/10@10:34 here. I am the original NMSF data hound. I did not mean to suggest that NMSF percentage is the only (or even the best) method of comparing schools. I only started posting because someone made a claim about StA not having many NMSFs that I know is demonstrably false.

I started looking at NMSF data a while ago because it is one of the most objective data sets available. Average SAT scores also are objective, but they are not available for every school. Other measures like percentage of graduates at Ivy league schools are too easily skewed by such factors as geography, athletics, race, and legacy status.

If anyone is trying to compare different schools in detail, I agree with PP that you should look at lots of different measures. It seems that if a school has high SAT scores, high NMSF percentage, and high admission percentage for top colleges, it's probably doing lots of things right as a school. If I think that school will be a good fit for my child, then I'd be interested in it. If a school meets some of those criteria but not others, I'd want to understand why. [/quote]

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