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[quote=Anonymous]Public schools in this area always send a handful of students to a range of the top schools.  The difference with top privates is twofold—consistency and relative volume.

The other issue with publics is there is no meaningful way for your child to distinguish themselves. There’s no difference between the top 1/5 of the class; they don’t rank and they don’t communicate meaningfully with top colleges about who is truly outstanding and excellent, so each year maybe a rower or a football player or an URM legacy goes to say Yale but that’s not because of J-R.  But, at a top private, your child has meaningful grades that actually say something about their abilities that top schools trust.  And don’t give me the BS about competing in a pool of all legacies or top donors.  First off, there are realistically like actual donor class recruits in all of DC every year — BigLaw partners do not qualify and they aren’t giving $1mil dollar gifts.  Second, J-R and it’s like are filled with legacy families at HYPSM as well; they just have true believer in public school parents.  [/quote]

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