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[quote=Anonymous]Are you asking which schools have the best combination of high-quality teachers and students who are both high IQ and hard working?  Or are you asking which schools have the highest resources, high quality teachers, and students from backgrounds that provided them with connections, things like tutors, driven and competitive families, many outside experiences that make them appear well rounded, and of course intelligence but maybe not always tippy top?

I guess it's hard to see why people think a school like St. Albans has the best academics other than they think these highly privileged kids are more intelligent than others, more hard working, and the teaching quality and curriculum is the 'best'?  Or are they the best because it is the most desired school for more than academic reasons (prestige, admittance to colleges that also favor connections) with a reputation for being hard?  But a school is desired for reasons well beyond academics, and its pool of applicants is so small compared to a community at large.  What makes these kids the best and the brightest?  Intelligence?  Wealth and opportunity?

It just seems like a very hard question to answer.[/quote]

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