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High Schools Are Posting Their College Lists. Donât Be Misled.
The rosters showing where seniors are headed say little about the role that money and value played in their decisions.
Credit.Robert Neubecker
May 7, 2021
Once the first of May comes and goes, eagle-eyed observers in communities across the country await the list. Who is going where? How does it compare with last year â and other schools nearby? And what will it mean for private school applications next year, or real estate values or the college counselorâs standing?
Maybe this isnât your town. But in hundreds of places where the upper classes (and those who aspire to place their children in them) dwell, the list of colleges that high school seniors will attend is often as closely watched as the homecoming score and the police blotter. Itâs true in private schools, and itâs equally so in high-achieving public systems.