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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet the public school applicants will continue to trend down, especially at the elite, $55k schools.

[b]The word is increasingly out that college admissions for a smart but unhooked kid are better from DCPS than they are for the same kid at Sidwell, NCS, etc. [/b] [b]Plus you have to work your a$$ off through all of high school at these privates. [/b] I had kids come from DCPS and this is definitely what people are talking about and coming to realize in mass.  These are close communities, neighborhoods and communities--word travels.

STJ is sort of it's own animal--it will always get a bunch of families who are skittish about Jackson Reed and figure that paying under $23k for the guarantee of order in the classroom is worth it.  Interestingly, some of these kids end up transferring out to JR later in high school. [/quote]

LOL, so you really think a college is going to have preference for a public school kid who coasted through HS vs a private school kid who "works his a$$ off through all of high school."  Colleges know that kids coming out of schools like Sidwell are significantly more prepared for the rigors of college.  Sorry, but your your statement is not very convincing at all.[/quote]

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