HPISD vs. North Dallas Private Schools (Southlake: income, versus, move to)

[GreyDay]

Voice of reason as always LW.

[RaulMansour]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

There's no doubt a critical mass of achievers is needed at a high school for those who plan to go to good colleges and seek ambitious careers. It is also critical that a wide array of AP and/or IB classes are available.

However, I don't agree that the entire school needs to be on this level. There are lessons to be learned by going to school with students of different experiences and levels of intellect and income.

For one thing, high-achievers from those schools don't usually sound arrogant, condescending or patronizing to others. They have developed empathy and an understanding that everyone is not going to be Ivy League material. Their enhanced emotional and social intelligence will also serve them well in the business world, where they will not be seen as the hot-shot cad but be able to get along with and manage others.

This is so true. Great post.

[BabyDoctor77]

Can somebody please supply more recent, updated information regarding the below:

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Early decision (binding) is a good tool for a pretty good (not exceptional) student with strong test scores and extracurriculars to get pushed into the "yes" pile. Because ED is binding regardless of financial aid, these are the full tuition admits that universities love to bank on.

The most competitive students (ie, Top 10-20 ranking students) will generally not apply ED and will try their luck in the general admissions cycle. That way, they can weight options & offers, like admissions to Princeton vs 1/2 tuition scholarship to Duke and 100% tuition to UT-Plan II Honors.

As for Highland Park ED- Vanderbilt, UNC, UVA, and Wake Forest tend to fare well.

For the total college admissions picture, each year in a class of 350-400 graduates:
50 or so attend UT-Austin. About 10-15 enroll in Plan II or Business Honors
20 or so attend each of A&M, Baylor, SMU
10-20 attend TCU, Oklahoma, Georgia, & Arkansas

For the elite universities and liberal arts schools,
5-10 attend Wake Forest
10-15 attend Vanderbilt
4-5 attend Ivies (Princeton, Yale, Brown, Harvard, & Penn being most common)
2-3 to Duke
3-5 to Service Academies (West Point, Naval Academy, Air Force)
1-2 to Rice
1-2 to NYU
1-2 to Juliard, RISD, or other arts schools
2-3 to top liberal arts schools (Swarthmore, Amherst, etc)
5-10 to top Cali schools (Stanford, USC, UCLA, Berkley, Pepperdine)
1-2 to a Cal-Tech or Carnegie Mellon
2-3 to University of Virginia
2-3 to University of North Carolina
1-2 to Northwestern

[kjny]

I'd also love to get an updated list.

Also, TurtleCreek80, you listed the schools that students attended, as opposed to get accepted to. So roughly 1% attend Ivies, 1-2% attend top Cali schools, etc. Do you have some stats on how many get accepted to the Ivies and other top universities? I think you mentioned that many students who get in these schools end up staying in TX for college for a variety of reasons. So I gotta imagine the number who get in is much higher.

[numbersguy100]

http://hs.hpisd.org/Portals/0/Highla...15_profile.pdf

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by kjny

I'd also love to get an updated list.

Also, TurtleCreek80, you listed the schools that students attended, as opposed to get accepted to. So roughly 1% attend Ivies, 1-2% attend top Cali schools, etc. Do you have some stats on how many get accepted to the Ivies and other top universities? I think you mentioned that many students who get in these schools end up staying in TX for college for a variety of reasons. So I gotta imagine the number who get in is much higher.

My original reply to this thread that was copied above was written 7 years ago. I don't have any friends with kids at the high school right now so don't know what the matriculations and choices look like in 2016. Sorry.

[kjny]

Ok, thank you TurtleCreek80 and numbersguy100

[Vagabond007]

If it helps, below is for PISD info for top schools.

Top Universities Receiving Final Transcripts from Plano ISD's Class of 2014

Research Colleges (Top 20)
Princeton - 2
Harvard - 3
Yale - 3
Columbia - 3
Caltech - 2
MIT - 0
Stanford - 3
U of Chicago - 0
U of Pennsylvania - 3
Duke - 4
Dartmouth - 1
Johns Hopkins - 6
Northwestern - 1
Washington U/St. Louis - 4
Cornell - 4
Brown - 1
Vanderbilt - 2
Notre Dame - 0
Rice - 10
U of Calif. Berkley - 8

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Vagabond007

If it helps, below is for PISD info for top schools.

Top Universities Receiving Final Transcripts from Plano ISD's Class of 2014

Research Colleges (Top 20)
Princeton - 2
Harvard - 3
Yale - 3
Columbia - 3
Caltech - 2
MIT - 0
Stanford - 3
U of Chicago - 0
U of Pennsylvania - 3
Duke - 4
Dartmouth - 1
Johns Hopkins - 6
Northwestern - 1
Washington U/St. Louis - 4
Cornell - 4
Brown - 1
Vanderbilt - 2
Notre Dame - 0
Rice - 10
U of Calif. Berkley - 8

Why would this help when the pp is asking about HPHS??

[kjny]

I don't mind... more info is better.

Vagabond2007, don't know what you mean by Final Transcripts. Are these the ones actually attending or got accepted? And out of how many graduating seniors in PISD are these numbers? Thanks.