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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is BS. Sorry. Look at the college list for St. Albans or Choate.[/quote]

And this would tell you what exactly about the subject at hand?[/quote]

That they still have more than 30% of their class matriculating to Ivy+ schools.[/quote]

That 30% is only 24 kids, which is in fact fewer than the number of Ivy+ matriculations in the same year from several of the local public schools. [/quote]

You have to compare percentages, not numbers.  Do the local publics have more than 30% of the class going to Ivy+, and close to 50% going to top 20 schools?  I think not.[/quote]

If only you understood statistics or anything about college financing.

- admissions results from the few of the top-most elite privates doesn't make a trend for all privates.

- apples to oranges because many public school kids don't go to 4-year colleges--they apprentice in a trade or go to community college. Why is that? Because many public school families can't afford $25k for an in-state public. Did you know you need a family income below $50k to get Pell grant for low income? Also, not everybody is acedemically onclided, but the private schools you cite have selected specifically for academic potential.

- Many smart public school kids go to non-Ivies because they get generous merit aid at 2nd and 3rd-tier schools. The Ivies by ageeement among themselves don't give out merit aid. Sure, if you get into Harvard they will cover tuition for family incomes up to maybe $150k--but not every kid can get into Harvard.

- Many families and their kids are smart enough to not take on $100k in student debt. So they go to an in-state university or lower-tier private university that gives them lots of aid. It's a no-brainer.

I know, shocker that not everybody can pay $40k/year for a private high school and then seemlessly move to being full pay at a $65k college. (Being full pay itself increases admissions chances at many colleges, not the least because you can afford to apply ED or SCEA without having to compare financial aid offers from multiple colleges.)[/quote]

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