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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can do the math on admissions data.  It’s not perfect but pretty insightful.   I compared our (very good) public and a big3, and big3 was much better.  Publics give admission—not matriculation—but even giving the public all the benefit of the doubt, the private was materially better at placement.  Can’t speak to nonbig3

And, as others will beat you down on, it ultimately didn’t come down to admission data for us but rather the happiness and stoking curiosity for our child. [/quote]

Ugh...what measure are you using for this.  You can't use %age of a graduating class or anything like that...you have to just look at the nominal number of kids from say Whitman going to Top 50 vs. say Bullis.  Again, OP said they are not going to a Big3 (looking at Bullis, Landon), so [b]it's not relevant.[/b]

Also, OP specifically asked about schools 21-50...on this measure, [b]I don't think you will see any real statistical difference[/b].  All this assumes, that you would be fine if your kid goes to Ohio State (#50) vs. say UCLA/Emory (#20).[/quote]

I would welcome your analysis, but it appears to me that you are offering an opinion.

And the PP clearly said Big3; did you think OP could not read?  [/quote]

Dude…read the post.  OP said they are NOT considering a Big3 for private.

Are you going to make the same mistake a 3rd time?[/quote]

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