No blanket answer exists that applies to all colleges for this question. For majority of all universities, there is no number of students that the university sets to admit from a particular high school. In other words, if there are 9 students that are admitted from fictional, but awesome Kumar High School into Northwestern University, lucky Mr/Ms. 10 can probably still get in. Then you may ask: what about schools like Stuyvesant High School that sent 113 grads one year to Harvard, Princeton and Yale? Or perhaps J.P Stevens High School that sends a sizeable amount to Georgetown University? Isn’t Raffles in Singapore the “gateway into the Ivy League”? These universities are playing favorites I tell ya!
High schools that historically have strong academic and intellectual curriculums meet the criterion that many top-tier schools are looking for. They want to know that you can handle their academic rigor. If students from your high school in the past have excelled at your dream university, they illustrate to the admissions committee that you have also navigated through a similarly challenging high school process. They look favorably on your high school in some-ways. Nevertheless, a set number is rarely ever seen in the admissions process. In the battle between private and public schools, people often question which type of education will get you into the best colleges. Obviously private schools can afford to beckon Ivy League resources. They also have programs that they can offer their students to be more assertive about college admissions. Nonetheless, public-school educations still dominate admissions by a land-slide. The bottom line: get good grades, ace the SATs, volunteer every weekend, start a club, craft superb essays, and maybe even chit-chat with Kumar (:D) That’s going to matter more than figuring out which high school will statistically guarantee you admission into Dartmouth.
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