Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

Which part of 2019 you did not understand?

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Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

Just FYI, this list is not accurate. GDS had 13 kids go to those schools from 2015-17, but it's not on the list.

It’s a public school list, genius.

Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

Just FYI, this list is not accurate. GDS had 13 kids go to those schools from 2015-17, but it's not on the list.

Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

Um, any ranking based on how many people get in to only three schools -- even if they are good schools -- is pretty much worthless to me.

What impresses me about the Whitman list is how just about everyone got into a good school, and quite a few got into great schools. It was the across-the-board success that I found most impressive.

But if your goal is to get your kid in to Harvard, Princeton or MIT, then I guess the list you shared is a good guide. If not, it's not.

Anonymous wrote:Partial List of Whitman Athletic Commits

Penn - Baseball
Yale - Women's Rowing
Brown - Women's Golf
Cornell - Women's and Men's Rowing (2)
Princeton - Women's Soccer

Stanford - Man's Soccer

Plus for top academic schools:

Hopkins -- women's basketball
Rice --women's swimming

There was an article in the Whitman paper that said it was Whitman's largest class of recruited athletes ever (23 total). But there are still a very large number of non-athletes admitted to excellent schools, and only a couple of the ones I know are legacies.

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Anonymous wrote:25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

less impressive if they are all hooked (legacies or recruited athletes)

Why? Even if they are hooked, they still have to be strong students. Very few unhooked students get in at all TBH.

Hmm...mmm....mmmm you'd probably be surprised at the athletes. Not all of them will be strong students, certainly not as strong as many rejected non-athletes (SAT scores will be even as low as the 1200s). The athletic hook is big.

There are certainly athletic students who are also very strong students academically.

Depends on the sport. Golf and tennis and rowing are not sports with tons of pull and also are sports where there are probably a decent number of qualified candidates. Soccer, football and basketball may have a little more leeway.

Hmm...mmm.... rowing is a major hook. At least it was not too long ago. All the Ivies have their sports teams and recruit students for all of them. I wouldn't make any assumptions going solely by sports.

Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

That list is based on data collected from 2015 - 2017. It does not address the 2019 results that PP touted for Whitman. Try again.

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Anonymous wrote:25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

less impressive if they are all hooked (legacies or recruited athletes)

Why? Even if they are hooked, they still have to be strong students. Very few unhooked students get in at all TBH.

Hmm...mmm....mmmm you'd probably be surprised at the athletes. Not all of them will be strong students, certainly not as strong as many rejected non-athletes (SAT scores will be even as low as the 1200s). The athletic hook is big.

There are certainly athletic students who are also very strong students academically.

Depends on the sport. Golf and tennis and rowing are not sports with tons of pull and also are sports where there are probably a decent number of qualified candidates. Soccer, football and basketball may have a little more leeway.

Anonymous wrote:So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america

Will you sleep better tonight now?

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Anonymous wrote:25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

less impressive if they are all hooked (legacies or recruited athletes)

Why? Even if they are hooked, they still have to be strong students. Very few unhooked students get in at all TBH.

Hmm...mmm....mmmm you'd probably be surprised at the athletes. Not all of them will be strong students, certainly not as strong as many rejected non-athletes (SAT scores will be even as low as the 1200s). The athletic hook is big.

There are certainly athletic students who are also very strong students academically.

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Anonymous wrote:25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

less impressive if they are all hooked (legacies or recruited athletes)

Why? Even if they are hooked, they still have to be strong students. Very few unhooked students get in at all TBH.

Partial List of Whitman Athletic Commits

Penn - Baseball
Yale - Women's Rowing
Brown - Women's Golf
Cornell - Women's and Men's Rowing (2)
Princeton - Women's Soccer

Stanford - Man's Soccer

Anonymous wrote:25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

less impressive if they are all hooked (legacies or recruited athletes)

25 out of 499 going to an Ivy isn't bad. That's a solid 5%.

Have we seen other schools with Ivy admits that high this year?

So much for the “top 20” claim. Here is a link to a recent ranking of public schools in the US based on the number of kids who are getting into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Whitman is ranked 56th, behind Wootton and Churchill. From the looks of it, at least 40 of the schools ahead of Whitman are NOT magnets.

Oh, and TJ is number one, which explains why there comparatively fewer Harvard, Princeton and MIT admits at the top NOVA non-magnets than the Ws.

https://www.polarislist.com/best-public-high-schools-in-america