Weekend Journal looked at the freshman classes at eight top colleges -- Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore, the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins -- and compiled a list of the students' high-school alma maters.
The survey ranked the high schools based on the number of students sent to those eight colleges, divided by the high school's number of graduates in 2007, limiting the scope to schools that had senior classes of at least 50 (see below). The "success rate" column represents the percentage of students in each high-school's graduating class that attended one of our chosen colleges. (See related story.) ---attach the file .
No
HIGH
SCHOOL
CITY /
STATE or
CONTRY
% OF SENIOR SEND IN
2007
CURRENT
TUITION
COMMENT
1
Collegiate
School
New York / N.Y.
13 / 50
(26.0%)
29,100
Just over 600 boys make up the student body from Kindergarten
through 12th grade at this small private school.
2
Brearley
School
New York / N.Y.
12 / 51
(23.5%)
31,300
The all-girls school says on its Web site that it sent a total of 93 kids to the lvy League in the last five years
3
Chapin
School
New York / N.Y.
13 / 58
(22.4%)
29,100
Kindergarteners at this all-girls school learn creative writing; third-graders study yoga.
4
Polytechnic
School
Pasadena / Calif
87 / 17
(19.5%)
23,750
School sent 9 kids to Stanford last year, more than to any other college.
5
University of
chicago Lab
Schools
Chicago / Ⅲ
22 / 113
(19.5%)
20,445
College counseling office recently hired a former University of Chicago admissions officer.
6
College
Preparatory
School
Oakland /
Calif
15 / 86
(17.4%)
26,850
School's director of college counseling worked in the University of Pennsylvania admissions office for eight years.
7
Trinity School
New York / N.Y.
20 / 116
(17.2%)
30,120
School will celebrate its 300th birthday next year
8
Phillips
Academy
Andover /
Mass.
52 / 327
(15.9%)
29,000*
School says that about 10% of its students are from outside the U.S. and 35% are students of color.
9
Delbarton
School
Morristown /
N.J.
18 / 116
(15.6%)
23,600
Independent school for boys is led by an order of
Benedictine monks ; about 30% of students are non
-Catholic.
10
Phillips
Exter
Academy
Exeter /
N.H.
47 / 317
(14.8%)
28,200*
This year Exeter announced it will waive tuition for students whose family income is under $75,000.
11
Milton
Academy
Milton /
Mass.
27 / 184
(14.7%)
31,175*
School requires seniors to take a course on transition to adult life. Students do mock college interviews.
12
Groton
School
Groton /
Mass.
12 / 83
(14.5%)
31,530*
Students are requires to write two college essays summer before senior
year, which are critiqued by faculty.
13
Daewon
Foreign
Language
High School
Seoul /
South Korea
11 / 78
(14.1%)
5,000
School is divided into two separate programs ; one for students planning to attend university in South Korea, the other for those bound for U.S. colleges.
Our class-size figure reflects the U.S.-bound track.
14
Lawrenceville
School
Lawrenceville / N.J.
33 / 239
(13.8%)
32,110*
School sent 16 kids to Princeton last year ; since 2003, it says it has sent 59 students there.
15
Kent Place
Scool
Summit /
N.J.
8 / 59
(13.6%)
26,818
Director of college advising worked in undergraduate admissions at Columbia and Georgetown university.
16
Hunter
College High
School
New York / N.Y.
24 / 177
(13.6%)
0
The public school, administered by Hunter College, limits 7th grade
applicants to kids who scored at least 90% in reading and math on standardized tests.
17
Rivers
School
Weston /
Mass.
10 / 74
(13.5%)
30,500
Applications to Rivers increased 20% over the past year, and ninth grade
applications rose 27%
school says.
18
Saint Ann's
School
Brooklyn /
N.Y.
10 / 76
(13.2%)
25,500
School has an art-centered
approach; poetry teacher starts working with kids as young as 5.
19
San
Francisco
University
High School
San
Francisco /
Calif
12 / 92
(13.0%)
28,725
Last year's seniors scored about 10% higher on SATs than previous class, says director of college counseling.
20
Menlo School
Atherton /
Calif
18 / 139
(12.9%)
29,400
School offers a program that pairs kids with parents to discuss college, careers and community service.
* denotes tuition for day students at schools that also have boarders.
