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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a very shy smart kid and we are zoned for Langley. He has a nice group of friends but I feel he is getting lost in his large classes. I worry he will not shine. We have the means to pay for private school and want my kid to have a positive high school experience.

[b]From a college admissions standpoint[/b], would it be better to be a top kid at a small/medium private compared to a good student at a top public?

Every single kid at Langley seems so similar to one another. Everyone has perfect grades. Everyone plays a sport or two well. Everyone plays an instrument or does some other artsy extracurricular. Everyone is this well rounded carbon copy of one another.[/quote]

From a college admission standpoint, it all evens out at the end.  You might have fooled the admission counselors if your other option was a smaller, less competitive public school.   But they compare kids against similar socio-economics, so your kid will be up against the perfect Langley kids with an understanding that he couldn't cut it at his local public, and the parents had to pay.  He might have a better HS experience, but don't count on any benefit with college admissions.[/quote]

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