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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Controlling for things like standardized test scores, athletic ability, legacy status, underrepresented minority status, and accomplishment in extracurricular activities, does going to a Big 3 school help students get into very selective colleges?[/b]

I've heard parents at MoCo public schools, especially the ones other than Whitman and BCC, say the answer is yes.  They point to the fact that some colleges almost never accept students from certain public schools that churn out high achievers every year.

I've also heard parents at Big 3 schools say the answer is no.  They say that students who would be at the top of some other school end up in the middle at a Big 3 schools and get rejected more often than they should.   They also say that Big 3 schools have lots of students whose parents went to Harvard and Yale, etc., which means they get the benefit of more legacy admissions.

Let the fireworks begin!

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No controlling for these things absolutely not.  The kids from Big 3's who get into Ivy's most likely would have gotten into the same schools even if they had gone to public.  The reason you don't see more public school kids going to Ivy's is because they aren't from the same demographic.  My friend's daughter was accepted to Columbia, but she is at UVA now because they felt it was too expensive.  Obviously any family that has spent $40,000 a year for 12 years for K-12 education wouldn't think twice on spending $50,000+ for Columbia.  In public school, many families that technically could pay tuition for expensive private colleges, are just way more uncomfortable with spending the money.  [/quote]

[b]But I thought there were plenty of really rich people and legacies sending their kids to Wilson.   Make up your minds, folks[/b]![/quote]

I am the PP you are responding to. We live in a far out VA suburb that doesn't have a lot of super wealthy people, but plenty of the public school kids around here get admitted to very high ranking schools but choose UVA & W&M instead.  I have no idea about the income levels of families at Wilson, but it's not hard for me to imagine that a wealthy close in suburb would have plenty of families sending their kids to the local public.   My point is that at public schools as a group, there obviously aren't as many very wealthy families as what you would find at a $40,000 private, but the kids who do well, do get admitted to top flight schools - actually being able to attend due to income is a different story.[/quote]

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