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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused as to why this is more of an issue at private schools. At public schools, dozens of kids apply to the same competitive schools and the chips fall where they may.  There isn’t the same level of ownership over the process. Everyone knows they have zero control and they have a “might as well try” attitude. [/quote]

It’s an issue at some privates because families are paying and many expect a return on their investment. That’s not the case at public school. In addition, private families appear to prefer top private colleges and they all have low acceptance rates. [/quote]

And those selective private universities tend to prefer high performing kids from good public schools. Compare the college lists from the W schools to the privates.

If elite college acceptances are the goal, it's a very poor return on investment [/quote]

Huh?  The private schools still have better matriculation on a per capita basis.  Rich or upper middle class kids are not an institutional priority at any school, public or private, unless they are donors or legacy.  Smart kids from poor rural or urban districts are in demand.[/quote]

And there are more and more qualified public school kids than ever.   They outnumber kids in private schools by a wide margin.

There will always be the NYC private schools and New England prep schools who send an impressive amount of students to Ivy leagues.  There’s also the science public schools around the country who only take top students who are sending an impressive amount to MIT and other top schools.

All things considered with GPAs, tests etc being equal, mediocre private schools probably have the least desirable student.  [/quote]

If you say so, you obviously have a huge chip on your shoulder.  All I know is that the private schools I send my kids to have far better matriculation than our local public schools.  [/quote]
Yup. Since your private screens out all but the top students via entry exams, you will likely end up with overall better students than your public, that takes all comers. But I bet if you compare your private to the top 20% of the local public, there is similar matriculation.[/quote]

Pretty much. It's hard to compare a private school that caters to the rich and can reject students with a public high school that takes everyone and has more than 2000 students. But the top 20 percent of public school students are generally outstanding. And colleges do seem to prefer them these days over students from Sidwell, St. Albans etc.

The private school boost isn't happening in DC. That's a NY thing. And it's real. Or some of the NE boarding schools like Andover. Or Harvard-Westlake in LA. But not the DMV for otherwise unhooked kids.[/quote]

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