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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the schools that don't publish trying to hide??[/quote]

I think the schools -- correctly -- don;t want to play into the competitive parenting game.[/quote]

Unfortunately, at least within the school, publishing or not publishing the acceptance/matriculation rates isn't going to change anything. Everybody in a particular grade already knows who is going where, and whether they were legacy or athletic recruits. Some schools even publish internal lists that aren't available on their websites for the general public to see. That's my experience, anyway.

The only thing publishing vs. not publishing affects is what people on the [b]outside[/b] know about the school.

But I'm not sure refusing to publish is about taking some sort of high ground here. There are probably two things going on.
(1) Lower ground: Schools may be afraid they will be passed over for schools with more impressive exmissions. 
(2) Higher ground: parents shouldn't be chosing schools based on exmissions stats. In the extreme, this would force schools to vie for the legacy kids and the 99.9% SSAT kids in order to boost their own exmissions.
(3) We're Sidwell, we don't need to tell you anything, we can herd you into the media center during tours, and you'll still apply in droves. ;)[/quote]

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