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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are two parents.

Parent A sent their child to the most rigorous and best regarded private school.

Parent B sent their child to the local public with 5/10 rating.

Both kids take the most rigorous classes. Both get As.  But Parent A’s kid has to work very hard, even has to get tutoring in some areas.  Parent B’s kid gets As effortlessly, he spends very little time studying.

Parent A’s kid does math team and a varsity sport, competitions and tournaments. They volunteer on regular basis.

Parent B’s kid does school band and spends his free time on video games. In the summer they work a little at a fast food restaurant to make money for video games.

Both kids have the same amount of APs.

Both kids have the same ACT score of 34. But kid A had to slave to prep for it while the kid B just walked in and got it without any prep.

Kid A will doubtfully be on very top of his class because the peers are overachievers and the competition is tough.

Kid B will most likely be on top of his class because it’s a low performing school and his grades are exceptional.

The questions are:
1) Who will get admitted to a selective college, and
2) Why was parent A so stupid to invest so much money and time to get into the right school, find the right tutors, coaches, ACT prep, etc.[/quote]

Both will have a great chance at getting into UMD /flagship; kid B probably has better AP scores than kid A so might get into some better schools such as T25, but the neither kid gets into a T10/ivy. 
That goes to kid C : Parent did the research and paid for a top private school that sends many unhooked kids each year, knowing kid would test into said school easily and rise to the top;  kid C got a 35 on the first try, and aced all the prep school classes with no tutors. Teachers love kid C because they care about classes & dont have parents when grade grub and beg for redos like kid A, so C gets the awards and best letters. 
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