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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other thread is talking about private, including the Big3 is waste of money and with no advantage to college admissions.  Would be interesting to actually see the stats for the bottom 75% of class.  I am sure to 25% are what people are touting here.[/quote]

Nope. There are "bottom 75%" who applied to non-Ivy, first choice schools and are getting in ED. They may not be schools that some consider "elite" (I am referring to the long thread in the College forum here) but they are those students first choices. Schools like Carnegie, Case-Western, Pitzer, etc.[/quote]

Okay, but was spending money at Big3 helping them get in at the low tier schools or would they still have gotten in coming from a public?[/quote]

Your brain is truly in the wrong place. You have no idea what you are talking about to ask such a question.[/quote]

I would argue that being in the lower 75% of your class at a private school actually hurts your application.  college admissions is mainly a numbers game and if your class standing is low you will be over looked.  Funny how people think spending tons of money on private school gives them a leg up, but in reality it is the opposite.[/quote]

Frankly, I think this really depends on the school. DC just got admitted to a top 10 SLAC with a GPA in the 3.6ish range (UW as no APs offered at school), 34 ACT. DC is def not in the top 25% of his class, though perhaps close (no ranking so hard to know save the top 5 or so kids). When we began discussions with the college counselor, I was concerned that the reach/target section of the list seemed wildly unrealistic based on the GPA (and posts here). As I learned more about the school profile, I better understood that colleges see DC as someone who has already been successful in college style/level classes for the last two years (18 months). Most of college admissions is a crap shoot due to the numbers, so DC passed over two schools he really preferred for one DC felt offered the best chance in ED.

We didn't seek out a private education for college admissions, but came to understand that the school profile of pedagogy and rigor may be helpful when AOs have so many applications to consider.

GL to everyone![/quote]

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