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[quote=Anonymous]Basically, many kids at the "top" DC independent schools are going to get into "top" colleges b/c either they are legacy at the college, family donates to the college or the kid has some special skill (athletics, etc.) that will get him/her into the college.  It happens that these connections also help the kid get into the DC independent.  So, for the random kid at a DC school (the type of kid who is a good kid, parents scrape to pay the tuition and don't have connections), the school isn't going to do much (if anything) to help in college admissions.
In fact, in recent years plenty of parents at DC independents have openly worried that having a child at these schools hurts college admission.  If there are going to be, say, 2 kids from a top DC private who get spots at, say, Harvard, and there are 2 kids who parents donate and who are very connected at that school (high flyer DC types), there simply won't be another spot from that school for the typical middle class, great, hardworking kids.  Choose high school carefully.[/quote]

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