Do you think it is easier to get into a top college from public or private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

40% of Stanford are admitted based on some disability per latest data..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fo course it’s easier, at least from the most academically rigorous private schools going to private colleges, especially when you look at admissions on per capita basis. Also disagree with the last poster, my spouse gets sent the results for our region as an interviewer for one of Y/P/H/S and the private schools do better.

For large public colleges, probably a wash.

Because of legacies. And there's nothing more annoying than an Ivy alumni interviewer. They can't get over their "glory days" and it's pretty pathetic.

Also, it's obvious you're not posting from the DMV and don't know anything about Langley High School.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For super smart kids who want T5, they probably have a better chance at a competitive public high school. If T5 is not the goal, it’s easier to get into T20 at a good private school as long as the kid stays on top.

The ratio of private high school to public high schools kids, given how many more kids are public school kids, suggests the contrary.

For the T5 kids, they do well in private or public schools. These are the selected few, truly outstanding. But public schools provide a larger platform for leadership, whereas private schools often have more legacies and other hooks. They stand a slightly better chance at a public school.

This is based on nothing but your own opinion, and is nonsense. Schools like Langley and the Ws will have just as many legacies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For super smart kids who want T5, they probably have a better chance at a competitive public high school. If T5 is not the goal, it’s easier to get into T20 at a good private school as long as the kid stays on top.

The ratio of private high school to public high schools kids, given how many more kids are public school kids, suggests the contrary.

For the T5 kids, they do well in private or public schools. These are the selected few, truly outstanding. But public schools provide a larger platform for leadership, whereas private schools often have more legacies and other hooks. They stand a slightly better chance at a public school.

This is based on nothing but your own opinion, and is nonsense. Schools like Langley and the Ws will have just as many legacies.

Nice try but false.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

Private school parent. Are it’s not easier at HYPSM.

For other colleges, yes.
2 kids at Ivy/T10.
3.8uw gpa for both or thereabouts.
One TO. One 34/1520.
Niche interests developed in a small high school that helped them stand out in a large pack.
Youngest in private HS too.

Agree

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For super smart kids who want T5, they probably have a better chance at a competitive public high school. If T5 is not the goal, it’s easier to get into T20 at a good private school as long as the kid stays on top.

The ratio of private high school to public high schools kids, given how many more kids are public school kids, suggests the contrary.

For the T5 kids, they do well in private or public schools. These are the selected few, truly outstanding. But public schools provide a larger platform for leadership, whereas private schools often have more legacies and other hooks. They stand a slightly better chance at a public school.

This is based on nothing but your own opinion, and is nonsense. Schools like Langley and the Ws will have just as many legacies.

Nice try but false.

I know about a gazillion HYP legacies at the Ws. My husband is one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For super smart kids who want T5, they probably have a better chance at a competitive public high school. If T5 is not the goal, it’s easier to get into T20 at a good private school as long as the kid stays on top.

The ratio of private high school to public high schools kids, given how many more kids are public school kids, suggests the contrary.

For the T5 kids, they do well in private or public schools. These are the selected few, truly outstanding. But public schools provide a larger platform for leadership, whereas private schools often have more legacies and other hooks. They stand a slightly better chance at a public school.

This is based on nothing but your own opinion, and is nonsense. Schools like Langley and the Ws will have just as many legacies.

Nice try but false.

I know about a gazillion HYP legacies at the Ws. My husband is one of them.

There are no public data on parental alma maters at public schools and private schools, so you're all just guessing. That said, less than 20% of students are enrolled in private school in the USA, so it could be that the number of HYP legacies at public and private high schools in this area are similar while the % of HYP legacies at privilieged private schools is higher.
Signed--One of many HYP alum parents with kids in the MCPS BCC cluster

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

40% of Stanford are admitted based on some disability per latest data..

That "disability" includes allergies. What clickbait.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

Private school parent. Are it’s not easier at HYPSM.

For other colleges, yes.
2 kids at Ivy/T10.
3.8uw gpa for both or thereabouts.
One TO. One 34/1520.
Niche interests developed in a small high school that helped them stand out in a large pack.
Youngest in private HS too.

Agree

Same here on private. Doesn't help with HYPSM unless hooked. But ABSOLUTELY it does help with T6-25....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fo course it’s easier, at least from the most academically rigorous private schools going to private colleges, especially when you look at admissions on per capita basis. Also disagree with the last poster, my spouse gets sent the results for our region as an interviewer for one of Y/P/H/S and the private schools do better.

For large public colleges, probably a wash.

Because of legacies. And there's nothing more annoying than an Ivy alumni interviewer. They can't get over their "glory days" and it's pretty pathetic.

Also, it's obvious you're not posting from the DMV and don't know anything about Langley High School.

All of this is false, and you are clearly triggered. Perhaps step away until you can participate in a rational, as opposed to crazy emotional, manner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For super smart kids who want T5, they probably have a better chance at a competitive public high school. If T5 is not the goal, it’s easier to get into T20 at a good private school as long as the kid stays on top.

The ratio of private high school to public high schools kids, given how many more kids are public school kids, suggests the contrary.

For the T5 kids, they do well in private or public schools. These are the selected few, truly outstanding. But public schools provide a larger platform for leadership, whereas private schools often have more legacies and other hooks. They stand a slightly better chance at a public school.

This is based on nothing but your own opinion, and is nonsense. Schools like Langley and the Ws will have just as many legacies.

Nice try but false.

I know about a gazillion HYP legacies at the Ws. My husband is one of them.

lol look at what you wrote. "Oh my hubby is one." "Gazillion!" That must be true.

[Anonymous]

It will depend on the school. Private schools obviously have an advantage bc they choose their students. That’s not the case at public high schools that educate everyone in their district. That’s their mission.

But the top 10-20 percent of students at well resourced public schools like Langley and the Ws do just as well as the elite private school students when it comes to college admissions. And the STEM kids at public schools are usually much stronger than the private school students. Which is no small thing these days.

[Anonymous]

The real answer is that it's very difficult to know. Poster after poster is throwing out bullshit and treating it as fact, but nobody has been approaching this scientifically.

For example, yes, it's true that at the very top colleges there are a disproportionately high number of private school kids. But no one is controlling for (a) legacies, (b) major donors, or most importantly (c) who is actually applying to these schools. Many public school family just don't have the interest or don't think they have the money for these schools so they don't even apply.

Why do you think everyone insists that applying to an Ivy from a podunk high school in Nebraska can give a student an edge? Because no one applies to Ivies from podunk schools in Nebraska.

You're also not differentiating between acceptances and matriculations. There are posters here saying, for example, that private schools do better with lower top 20 or top liberal arts college admissions. These posters are just looking at matriculation numbers, however. They're not taking into account the possibility -- indeed, the likelihood -- that public school kids are turning down admissions offers to these schools for less expensive options.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

40% of Stanford are admitted based on some disability per latest data..

That "disability" includes allergies. What clickbait.

+1 My kid is considered to have accomodations due to a chronic gastro issue. Her accomodation is that she has her own bathroom pass rather than having to ask the teacher for a pass each time, and that if she misses school due to being ill with a doctor's note or record of hospitalization, she gets a day to make up work. All of you trolls hating on kids for having accomodations need to check your privilege and be happy you have healthy kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s easy to get into HYPMS from private schools. Outside T5, it becomes easier, especially for T15-T30. Some liberal arts colleges outside SWAP also like to take private school kids.

Private school parent. Are it’s not easier at HYPSM.

For other colleges, yes.
2 kids at Ivy/T10.
3.8uw gpa for both or thereabouts.
One TO. One 34/1520.
Niche interests developed in a small high school that helped them stand out in a large pack.
Youngest in private HS too.

Agree

Same here on private. Doesn't help with HYPSM unless hooked. But ABSOLUTELY it does help with T6-25....

Chicago LOVES private kids.