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Prince, a former high school All-America lacrosse player at Lawrenceville Prep School in New Jersey, was a freshman reserve defender on the Eli squad which made the Final Four last season. Eli Coach Mike Waldvogel had projected Prince as a first-stringer this season...
Despite the potential advantages of going to a feeder school, some prep school alums now at Harvard maintain that on the whole they didn't receive an edge in the admissions process. In fact, they say, due to the competitive nature of the prep schools, it might even have been tougher for them...
Lewis flatly says that prep schools are no longer an advantage. "We recruit a diverse pool of applicants and the good candidates always appear to rise to the top," she says. "It isn't really linked to the schools...
Indeed, besides the fact that the numbers of prep school students at Harvard have declined, many public schools are rapidly catching up--and some have already caught...
Citing the competitiveness of Ivy League schools these days, counselors at the traditional elite feeder schools say that the prep school advantage bears little resemblance to that of the past...