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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know from personal experience that public school students do not struggle at top schools.  I went to an Ivy from a very mediocre high school and felt a bit intimidated for my first couple of weeks.  However, by about week 3, I realized that I could handle the work as well as my peers.

Those from private schools and good public schools did not seem to have the same qualms those first few weeks, but it all evened out very quickly.  After graduating, I went on to an Ivy law school.  Top colleges only accept those they feel sure sill be able to succeed at their school.  So I think it’s ridiculous to say that public school students struggle at top colleges.  [/quote]

Of course it’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous to claim that 2/3s of these schools’ classes are struggling and continue to struggle after graduation.

Even more than being ridiculous, though, it’s poor reasoning and reflects badly on the people making the claims.[/quote]

Nobody said that.  However where are the bottom 30% of college students at the ivies coming from?  Mostly public. How are their careers after college?  Middling. [/quote]

Actually, they did say that. This was on page 4, in response to a comment saying that plenty of public school grads do well:

“Not really. Most non-magnet public school students at top colleges struggle and don’t have good outcomes afterwards.”

And then on page 6 there was the comment along the lines of, “if you actually went to a top college, you would know how public school grads struggle there and afterwards.”

With over 60% of the student body at these colleges coming from public high schools—and with the outcomes from these colleges being very strong—this is terrible logic and absurd.

And to your latest point, no, the bottom 30% of Ivy grads don’t have middling careers. This is like Make Up Numbers Day, or something.[/quote]

Yes they do.  Lots of duds actually.[/quote]

No, a middling career is starting out as a management trainee in the management training program at Enterprise. A third of Ivy grads are not ending up with careers like that. Maybe 5-10% max.[/quote]

I knew a few people who didn’t do well after elite college and/or law school. Typically the problem was a major cultural mismatch (the girl who was trying to sell Mary Kay products to the upper middle class girls in the dorms…), mental health issues (the girl who talked about her “sex addiction” during on-campus interviews in law school), or a decision to pursue obscure projects with little value or interest to others (weird art, that kind of thing). Two out of three of these issues have nothing to do with public vs private. In fact one of the students who pursued mediocre art/music/writing went to Exeter. [/quote]

Yeah, I mean it definitely happens, it’s just not 30%. Nor is it a public-only thing, as you mentioned.[/quote]

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