USNews: Admissions Guide to Top Public High School

APR 6, 2012 - Aristotle Circle, a New York City-based company, has begun offering a $200 admissions guide for Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Va., which tops the U.S. News and World Report ranking of the country's Best High Schools. The company's CEO says the book is already back ordered because getting into the school is "like winning a lottery." Although it's a public school, Thomas Jefferson, a science and technology school, has strict admissions guidelines. About 3,000 students apply each year, fewer than 500 are admitted each year.