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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you are correct. I'm also the parent of a senior and the Big 3 results in terms of top 20 schools are worse this year than in the past for unhooked Big 3 kids.

Love them or hate them, the top private school kids are working their butts off and not seeing a correlation with high acceptance rates at competitive schools.

This is a national trend with test optional and the added impact of elite privates eliminating AP's makes it harder to compete.

So it is a bummer that  [b]yes, my kid works way harder than their sibling in public[/b]; yes, their big 3 private is more rigorous than public; yes, our kid in public may actually fare better in the admissions game. I think the money we spent on private was worth it in that it was the right fit for our kid, and I know they will be well-prepared for college.
But they sure as heck are not going to an Ivy, despite what, on paper, seem to be the right qualifications.[/quote]

Why do you pay for one kid to go to a super expensive private and the other stay in public? That seems more unfair than losing an admissions edge. And what's the quality of the public school? And your kids courseload there? 
 Or maybe you're just making things up.
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