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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better college counseling [/quote]

Why do people keep posting that you get into better colleges if you go public?[/quote]

It’s complicated, but *in general* colleges first and foremost compare a student against others from the same HS.  So at top privates where 100% go to 4 year colleges the competition among your classmates is tougher than it would be at most public HS (magnets excepted).  The same is true of top public HS vs merely “good” HS.  For example, statistically speaking you’re more likely to get into UVA from a HS like Marshall where 75% go to 4 year college than it is from McLean or Langley.  The students are just less homogeneous.

For us, we chose private because the rigor our DS is getting at private HS far outstrips what he’d be getting in the neighborhood public (Marshall, in our case). College acceptance is not the goal.  Yes, we want him to have access to a good college, but I’d rather DS get a very demanding HS education in an small school environment, even if it somewhat kneecaps his college admissions.  College is just one of many gates we go through in life, and eventually very few care where you went.  But the skills that come from rigor translate into success in higher academics and in the professional sphere.  [/quote]

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