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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will depend on the school. Private schools obviously have an advantage bc they choose their students. That’s not the case at public high schools that educate everyone in their district. That’s their mission.

[b]But the top 10-20 percent of students at well resourced public schools like Langley and the Ws do just as well as the elite private school students when it comes to college admissions. [/b]And the STEM kids at public schools are usually much stronger than the private school students. Which is no small thing these days.[/quote]

[b]Do they all get into top20 schools? This is the question. I don't know as I'm a private school parent. At STA and Sidwell they do. 100%. 
Do 100% of the top 20% at Langley and the Ws get into top20 schools?[/b][/quote]

100 percent of students at STA and Sidwell do not go to top 20 schools. If you're talking about the top 10-20 percent at STA and Sidwell, sure. But you're talking about a few dozen students at most who all went through a competitive admissions process just to go to high school. That's not the case at public schools, where everyone can attend.

The other thing to remember is that STA and Sidwell parents tend to be rich. They don't think about merit scholarships. There are a lot of great students at Langley and the Ws that end up choosing full rides at Maryland or UVA or honors programs elsewhere with significant awards over dropping $400,000 to attend Cornel or Columbia. Most people have more than one kid, and spending $800,000 for college is a big stretch for most working professionals. So professional UMC families make different choices than the STA and Sidwell families who aren't concerned by cost.

But in terms of college admissions, there is no meaningful difference in results between private school students and the strong public school students. And of course there are a lot of wealthy families in the W and Langley districts, so the money issue doesn't apply to everyone. Choose whatever is a better fit for your kid. [/quote]

Of course, there are differences, you just identified some,

One can reasonably conclude that if one wants to attend an instate public college, doesn’t matter where you go.  [b]But private schools do better with top private colleges, it’s obvious from the composition of the class.  We have really touched on slacs, but they really love private school kids.[/quote][/b]

Np. You’re confusing correlation with causation. Private school kids do better with private college admissions for one reason only— because the colleges assume (correctly) that private school kids will be FULL PAY. If you ED from a public with other signs of being FULL PAY, your chances are just as good, if not better. it’s all about the money for colleges, do not think otherwise. [/quote]

We aren’t debating why, we are debating whether it’s an advantage.  I will say that we have a good amount of economic diversity at our private,more than one would find at say a W school, and the admission results don’t differ by income.[/quote]

Im other words, pp’s theory is wrong.  Colleges like taking kids where an admissions department has already screened them, and they are very familiar with the level of rigor.  Same reason they like magnet kids.[/quote]

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