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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would a college accept a kid from a school with very few advanced classes?[/quote]

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The same reasons these kids are accepted at private schools
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Ah ok. Got it. So none of them are actually any good at teaching kids anything. Rich people just choose mediocrity for their kids. [/quote]

We don't need anything more academically.  The kids get the advantages in the soft skills and colleges rank them higher because of this.  [/quote]

Huh? [/quote]

There have been so many studies on this, especially since the college admissions scandle.  Just Google "private school advantage in college admissions" or something of that nature.  The advantage will never go away (unfortunately).  The UC are really good at helping and insulating themselves for centuries if not millenia.  The categories for college admissions will change with time, but there will always be a way to give slight advantage to already advantaged folks.  It's always been that way.

Remember, women began entering the workforce in droves in the 70s and still are represented at 3% in top jobs, have unequal pay in almost every industry, and still take on the lions share of work at home.  White men however still have the advantage in every category.

Why do you think public vs private schools is somehow going to magically escape human psychology and be fair?

I'm from the UMC and slightly pierce into UC circles.  Of course, I see the advantages and want my kids to have them.  I will likely never be UC, but my kids definitely have a chance.  And they do have the mannerisms, peer group, and education to support it.[/quote]

My Father-in-Law grew up poor and is now pretty wealthy. He has been encouraging us to send our kids to private school (especially high school) because in life, it's truly who you know and not what you know that makes a difference. This is how life works for the most part, whether we like it or not.[/quote]

Exactly. The quality of education sucks. But that doesn’t matter. [/quote]

Well.... no really.

It's a different type of education.  If you want them to learn multi-variable Calculus (or difficult math in public school), I have to question why.  I am a scientist and the last time I used it was to pass the AP exam in HS.  On the other hand, if you want them to learn soft skills (learned in private schools), the last time I used that was today dealing with some colleagues.  So which skills are more relevant?  What exactly is an "education" to you?

In Spanish the phrase "mala educación" or "bad education" literally means poor manners.  This idea of soft skills/ private school advantage transcends cultural boundaries and time.  You can find similar things the world over.
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You’re making it seem that public schools graduate only cave dwellers that only communicate through grunting, while private schools are graduating only smooth talker, peace prize material. Of course there’s no basis for this assumption.[/quote]

The post doesn't sound like that.  Of course there is some overlap between the two.[/quote]

But what’s the basis to assert that privates teach soft skills but publics don’t? In my view soft skills depend more on personality and the values taught at home.l, have less to do with the high school the kid goes to.[/quote]

The basis is that colleges give higher scores for private school kids based in soft skills or other metrics aside from scores and grades.  The fact that these skills might be learned or practiced elsewhere is irrelevant.  If you read the posts it was mentioned that there are tons of studies on this. Here is a link to an article posted last week-ish on this forum, although there are so many.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/private-schools-competitive-college-advantage-problems.html

It's not what all the hard core public school parents want to hear, but it's the truth.  [b]The perception from college admissions is that private school kids are wealthier and pre-screened by the private school. [/b] So many studies on this![/quote]

I mean, yes? Also, water is wet? If your argument is that kids from wealthy families have advantages that kids from non-wealthy families don't have, I wouldn't think there are many people will disagree with you. Them that has, gets.[/quote]

Yes.  That is the point. So to keep it relevant  to this topic - would one send their kids to a private school or a well regarded public when the advantage is clear?  If one can afford it, private.  If not, public.  If in the middle - go with child needs and schools' pros and cons.[/quote]
full circle argument.. there are a lot of pretty wealthy parents in the W clusters who could afford private but choose to send their kids to public for whatever reason.[/quote]

Could many afford, yes.  Would it be a stretch or make a dent in their wallet?  The answer is yes.[/quote]
? Honestly, how would you know this.  Ridiculous assumption.[/quote]

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