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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other thread is talking about private, including the Big3 is waste of money and with no advantage to college admissions.  Would be interesting to actually see the stats for the bottom 75% of class.  I am sure to 25% are what people are touting here.[/quote]

Nope. There are "bottom 75%" who applied to non-Ivy, first choice schools and are getting in ED. They may not be schools that some consider "elite" (I am referring to the long thread in the College forum here) but they are those students first choices. Schools like Carnegie, Case-Western, Pitzer, etc.[/quote]

Okay, but was spending money at Big3 helping them get in at the low tier schools or would they still have gotten in coming from a public?[/quote]

Your brain is truly in the wrong place. You have no idea what you are talking about to ask such a question.[/quote]

I would argue that being in the lower 75% of your class at a private school actually hurts your application.  college admissions is mainly a numbers game and if your class standing is low you will be over looked.  Funny how people think spending tons of money on private school gives them a leg up, but in reality it is the opposite.[/quote]

Agreed…I’m in undergraduate admissions at mid-tier private university and being in the lower half of a regarded private works against the student, as we select based on numbers - including number of students from a specific school.  You may have better credentials than middle third of public high school, but we select only so many from your school.  High performing public school students are actually more desirable…[/quote]

Yes, I sent my kid to private for the outstanding education, but I understood clearly that the cost was a less prestigious college admission. That's okay. Our local public school hands out As like candy and has classes of 35+ for English. I am willing to trade academic rigor in HS for a worse chance in college admissions.[/quote]

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