In last year’s college entrance examinations, 22 Institute students were nationally ranked – far more than the nine who studied at the second most successful institution, an expensive private Catholic school run by the Church’s conservative Opus Dei organization. The Instituto and its counterpart for young women, Liceo 1, have educated 18 Chilean Presidents and four of the last seven, including the incumbent, Michelle Bachelet.
去年高考中，有22名该校学生在全国名列前茅——排名第二的昂贵的私立天主教学校却仅有9名（该教会学校由教会保守的主业会机构负责经营）。18名智利总统和近七任中的四任毕业于国家学院及与其地位对等的女校Liceo 1，现任总统巴切莱特也包括其中。